"spookrijder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈspoːkˌrɛi̯dər/ Audio: Nl-spookrijder.ogg Forms: spookrijders [plural], spookrijdertje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From spook (“ghost”) + rijder (“driver”) or spookrijden + -er (although that verb may be a back-formation from the noun; see there). Compare German Geisterfahrer and Swedish spökförare. Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|spook|rijder|t1=ghost|t2=driver}} spook (“ghost”) + rijder (“driver”), {{af|nl|spookrijden|-er}} spookrijden + -er, {{cog|de|Geisterfahrer}} German Geisterfahrer, {{cog|sv|spökförare}} Swedish spökförare Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|+}} spookrijder m (plural spookrijders, diminutive spookrijdertje n)
  1. wrong-way driver, ghost driver; a person who drives on the wrong side of the road, into oncoming traffic Tags: masculine Derived forms: spookrijden (english: possibly a back-formation)

Inflected forms

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