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Knabe.

knave, boy, lad

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈknaːbə/
  1. knave, boy, lad

    Austria · Southern-Germany · Switzerland · US · dated · humorous · literary · masculine · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German knabe, from Old High German knabo, chnabo, from Proto-West Germanic *knabō, cognate with English knave.

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