knaap

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch cnāpe, from Old Dutch cnapo, from Proto-West Germanic *knappō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /knaːp/ Hyphenation: knaap Rhymes: -aːp === Noun === knaap m (plural knapen, diminutive knaapje n) boy, usually adolescent (by extension) any human male, regardless of age (chiefly in compounds) a servant, helper a big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object ==== Synonyms ==== (boy): jongen, knul (big one): kanjer ==== Derived terms ==== (boy): knapenschenner, knapenstem, koorknaap, schandknaap (helper): altaarknaap, schildknaap