"boef" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /buf/ Audio: Nl-boef.ogg Forms: boeven [plural], boefje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -uf Etymology: From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”). Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|boef}} Middle Dutch boef, {{m|dum|boeve}} boeve, {{m|dum|bouve}} bouve, {{inh|nl|odt|*buovo}} Old Dutch *buovo, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*bōbô}} Proto-Germanic *bōbô, {{m|gem-pro|*bō-||father, brother, male relative}} *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”), {{cog|en|bub}} English bub, {{m|pdt|Bub}} Bub, {{cog|de|Bube}} German Bube, {{cog|is|bófi||rogue, knave}} Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”), {{cog|en|babe}} English babe, {{cog|en|boy}} English boy Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-ven|boefje}} boef m (plural boeven, diminutive boefje n)
  1. crook, thief, thug Tags: masculine Synonyms (thief): dief
    Sense id: en-boef-nl-noun-pBe~cGxQ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'thief': 100 0
  2. rascal, scamp Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boef-nl-noun-Gz9huvtX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baanboef, boevengilde, boevenstreek, boeventaal, boeventronie, boevenwereld, geboefte, suzannaboef

Inflected forms

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