bikkel
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Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch pickel, *bickel, formed from picken, bicken (modern pikken and bikken).
Cognate with German Bickel, older form of Pickel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bikkel m (plural bikkels, diminutive bikkeltje n)
- talus, a bone in a sheep's heel
- such a bone (often worked and) used as in a dice-like game of chance
- any artificial, similar throwing device; a die
- pebble
- robust, resilient person
- pickaxe
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: bekel