"sprookje" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈsproːk.jə/ Audio: Nl-sprookje.ogg Forms: sprookjes [plural]
Rhymes: -oːkjə Etymology: From sproke (obsolete variant of spreuk) + -je (“diminutive suffix”). Note that the word only occurs in this diminutive form; the word "sprook" does not exist (except as a rare back-formation for comedic effect). Compare German Low German Spröökje. Etymology templates: {{m|nl|spreuk}} spreuk, {{suffix|nl|sproke|je|pos1=obsolete variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">spreuk</i>|t2=diminutive suffix}} sproke (obsolete variant of spreuk) + -je (“diminutive suffix”), {{cog|nds-de|Spröökje}} German Low German Spröökje Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-s|-}} sprookje n (plural sprookjes)
  1. fairy tale
    a usually old, allegorical short story
    Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-sprookje-nl-noun-P5xY1p57 Categories (other): Dutch diminutiva tantum
  2. fairy tale
    story presented as true that is not believable
    Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-sprookje-nl-noun-Bz3PowoO Categories (other): Dutch diminutiva tantum
  3. (figuratively) dream come true (very desirable life) Tags: figuratively, neuter
    Sense id: en-sprookje-nl-noun-b9E5CUqY Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -je Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 31 24 45 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -je: 32 21 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sprookjesachtig, sprookjesboek, sprookjesfiguur, sprookjeskoning, sprookjeskoningin, sprookjesprins, sprookjesprinses

Inflected forms

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      "word": "sprookjeskoningin"
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          "text": "Sinds mijn huwelijk is mijn leven een sprookje.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈsproːk.jə/"
    },
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    "Rhymes:Dutch/oːkjə"
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      "word": "sprookjesachtig"
    },
    {
      "word": "sprookjesboek"
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    {
      "word": "sprookjesfiguur"
    },
    {
      "word": "sprookjeskoning"
    },
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      "word": "sprookjeskoningin"
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