"knikker" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈknɪkər/ Forms: knikkers [plural], knikkertje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɪkər Etymology: From knikken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), which is imitative. Etymology templates: {{m|nl|knikken}} knikken, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*knikkoną||to fold, snap}} Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), {{onomatopoeic|nl|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|knikkertje}} knikker m (plural knikkers, diminutive knikkertje n)
  1. a marble (toy) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms (marbles): marbel [masculine], stuiter [masculine]
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-VNGSvON7 Disambiguation of Toys: 58 5 8 5 7 16 2 Disambiguation of 'marbles': 63 7 11 7 6 6
  2. various similarly shaped objects, including:
    a billiards ball
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-L4yo~goq
  3. various similarly shaped objects, including:
    certain seeds
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-d-jGVchw
  4. various similarly shaped objects, including:
    (humorous) a head, especially a bald skull (typically in kale knikker)
    Tags: humorous, masculine
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-T-LCKWu5
  5. (by extension) a lump or stone Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-WjJy-rvI
  6. (metonymically) (in the plural, absolutely used with definite article: de knikkers) The stakes of a game, deal etc. Tags: masculine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-HY3D~X1S Categories (other): Dutch metonyms, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup, Dutch onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 10 5 15 9 4 54 2 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 7 24 7 5 45 2 Disambiguation of Dutch onomatopoeias: 11 10 19 10 9 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈknɪkər/ Forms: knikkers [plural], knikkertje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɪkər Etymology: Germanic: the root of knikken 'to nod' + -er Etymology templates: {{der|nl|gem}} Germanic Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|knikkertje}} knikker m (plural knikkers, diminutive knikkertje n)
  1. A nodder Tags: masculine Related terms: jaknikker [neuter]
    Sense id: en-knikker-nl-noun-3A0t1f32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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