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kimos
10 months ago
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A glitch in an online survey replaced the word 'ye...
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
10 months ago
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This 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
10 months ago
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That 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. :)
Doxin
10 months ago
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Looking it up a poffer is a kind of hat, and a poffert is a kind of cake. "Poffert" is definitely an odd word though.
SideburnsOfDoom
10 months ago
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That would be a "puffer" or light, fluffy cake.
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