English Explanatory Dictionary

sooterkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
  2. An abortive scheme.
  3. A Dutch person.

Word forms

sooterkin sooterkins

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch zoeterke(n) (“sweatheart”) (compare zoetje, zoetke (“sweetheart”)), equivalent to sweet + -kin or soot + -kin.

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