"sooterkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sooterkins [plural]
Etymology: From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|zoeterken|zoeterke(n)|sweatheart}} Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”), {{m|nl|zoetje|zoetje, zoetke|sweetheart}} zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”), {{suffix|en|sweet|-kin|id2=diminutive}} sweet + -kin, {{suffix|en|soot|-kin|id2=diminutive}} soot + -kin Head templates: {{en-noun}} sooterkin (plural sooterkins)
  1. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
    Sense id: en-sooterkin-en-noun-E6-fmouj
  2. (figuratively) An abortive scheme. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sooterkin-en-noun-oebx5ioU
  3. (colloquial) A Dutch person. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sooterkin-en-noun-lQtL7ts~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive), English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 26 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -kin (diminutive): 31 18 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 11 75

Inflected forms

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