"lekker" meaning in English

See lekker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛkə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lekker.wav Forms: more lekker [comparative], most lekker [superlative]
Etymology: From Afrikaans lekker, from Dutch lekker. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|af|lekker}} Afrikaans lekker, {{uder|en|nl|lekker}} Dutch lekker Head templates: {{en-adj}} lekker (comparative more lekker, superlative most lekker)
  1. (South Africa) Tasty, nice, fun, great. Tags: South-Africa
    Sense id: en-lekker-en-adj-9OxZZzG6 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 32 1 28 12
  2. (South Africa) Good in a generic sense, worthy, functional. Tags: South-Africa
    Sense id: en-lekker-en-adj-jVWgWUzC Categories (other): South African English, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 32 1 28 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lekker lewe

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for lekker meaning in English (2.5kB)

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