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sooterkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sooterkin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.

noun

An abortive scheme.

noun

A Dutch person.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

sooterkins (plural)

Questions

What does sooterkin mean?
A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
Where does sooterkin come from?
From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.

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