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My favourite part of the Dutch language is how it adds the -je diminutive to other words to make new words. A van? That’s just like a cute baby bus.
by kimos 2y ago
My favourite part of the Dutch language is how it adds the -je diminutive to other words to make new words. A van? That’s just like a cute baby bus.
- bigiain 2y agoThis made me wonder what a poffert is, if a poffertje is a cute baby version of them. So I Googled it. Sure enough, it's a cake.
- qsi 2y agoThat would be a poffer, as the interstitial t is added to words ending in r when forming the diminutive. And no, I didn't know what a poffer was either. :)
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoThat would be a "puffer" or light, fluffy cake.
- Doxin 2y agoLooking it up a poffer is a kind of hat, and a poffert is a kind of cake. "Poffert" is definitely an odd word though.