echtbreker

Dutch (Brabantic)

noun
Definitions
  • An adulterer, who breaks his (or her) marital bond
  • A homewrecker

Etymology

Affix from Dutch, Flemish echt (marriage, real, wedlock, legally valid, marital, union, legal) + Dutch, Flemish breken (break, stem of m).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

breken

Gloss

break, stem of m

Concept
Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

Action/Process

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