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bakfiet

bakfiet is the alternative form of bakfiets.

Meaning of bakfiets

Noun

bakfiets (plural bakfietsen or bakfietses)

  1. 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.
    • Utility bikes are the pickup trucks of the cycling world. […] Imported from the Netherlands, the Bakfiets brand is like a pedal-powered minivan for soccer moms.2007 November 5, Paul Tolme, “A Minivan With Real Pedal Power”, in Newsweek, page 65

Forms of bakfiet

pluralbakfiets

Origin of bakfiet

Rebracketing of bakfiets, misinterpreting the final -s as a plural marker.

Questions about bakfiet

What is bakfiet the alternative form of?
Bakfiet is the alternative form of bakfiets.

Words near bakfiet in the dictionary

  1. Bakewell pudding
  2. Bakewell puddings
  3. bakewell tart
  4. bakewell tarts
  5. bakewells
  6. bakfiet
  7. bakfiets
  8. bakfietsen
  9. bakfietses
  10. Bakgalagadi
  11. Bakgalagalis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bakfiet (page history and authors); bakfiets (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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