sluipmoordenaar
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈslœy̯pˌmoːr.də.naːr/
noun
Definitions
- assassin, furtive murderer
- (figurative) anything lethal that is hard to detect
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish sluipen (sneak, slip) + Dutch, Flemish moordenaar (murderer).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
moordenaar
Gloss
murderer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besluipen Dutch, Flemish
- huurmoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- insluipen Dutch, Flemish
- kindermoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- lustmoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- massamoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- moorden Dutch, Flemish
- moordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- moordenares Dutch, Flemish
- ontsluipen Dutch, Flemish
- seriemoordenaar Dutch, Flemish
- sluipen Dutch, Flemish
- sluiper Dutch, Flemish
- sluipverkeer Dutch, Flemish
- sluipweg Dutch, Flemish
- sluipwesp Dutch, Flemish
- wegsluipen Dutch, Flemish
- mordenare Middle Dutch
- slupen Middle Dutch