bakfiets
A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars…A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.
Meaning
1 sensesA bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.
Lastenfahrrad, Transportrad, Lastenrad
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Dutch bakfiets, from bak (“container such as a box, crate, tray, or tub”) +Borrowed from Dutch bakfiets, from bak (“container such as a box, crate, tray, or tub”) + fiets (“bicycle”). Bak is derived from French bac (“vat; ferry”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“type of wine glass”), possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”), possibly from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). The etymology of fiets is uncertain; it is possibly derived from regional (southern Limburg) French vietse (“to run quickly”), possibly ultimately from vite (“(informal or obsolete) fast, quick”) (see further at that word).
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Forms
plural: bakfietsen / bakfietsesSynonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular