kakerlak

See also: Kakerlak

Danish

kakerlak

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak or German Kakerlake.

Noun

kakerlak c (singular definite kakerlakken, plural indefinite kakerlakker)

1. cockroach

Declension

Declension of kakerlak

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kakerlak	kakerlakken	kakerlakker	kakerlakkerne
genitive	kakerlaks	kakerlakkens	kakerlakkers	kakerlakkernes

Descendants

• Icelandic: kakkalakki

Indonesian

kakerlak

Alternative forms

• kakarlak (Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia)

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kakərˈlak̚]
• Hyphenation: ka‧kêr‧lak

Noun

kakerlak (plural kakerlak-kakerlak, first-person possessive kakerlakku, second-person possessive kakerlakmu, third-person possessive kakerlaknya)

1. (colloquial, rare) cockroach: a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

   Synonyms: cecunguk, coro, kecoak, kepuyuk, lipas

2. (derogatory, rare, dated) European: person living or originating from Europe.

Further reading

• “kakerlak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.