takkewijf
Dutch
Etymology
From an altered variant of attaque (“attack”) + wijf (“woman, bint”); analyzable as takke- + wijf. Unrelated to tak (“branch, twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.kəˌʋɛi̯f/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tak‧ke‧wijf
Noun
takkewijf n (plural takkewijven)
- (derogatory) a bitch, a belligerent, annoying or rude woman
- Synonym: graftak
Derived terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “takke”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute