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jekker.

jacket, short coat, jerkin

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. jacket, short coat, jerkin

    dated · masculine
  2. a short men’s jacket, especially one associated with sailors or workwear

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Considered to be a derivative of jak (“upper body garment”); it could instead be a borrowing from English jacket, which would explain the initial -e-. Both are ultimately from Old French jaquet, diminutive of jaque (“tight-fitting garment”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.