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lekker

/ˈlɛkə(ɹ)/

lekker adjective: tasty, nice, fun, great.

Adjective

lekker (comparative more lekker, superlative most lekker)

  1. (South Africa) Tasty, nice, fun, great.
    • There were 2 000 rounds of ammo to fire between us four loadies. We sat there for hours and took our potshots. It was kiff; the R5 was a lekker thing.2010, Cameron Blake, From Soldier to Civvy: Reflections on National Service
  2. (South Africa) Good in a generic sense, worthy, functional.
    • The other men ask why he's crying, when he's got such a lekker car. The guy shakes his head and says, "I just saw my wife, and she was driving a skateboard."1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's lekker, thick South African joke book, page 164

lekker meaning in Tamil

lekker in Tamil

வியப்பு

Forms of lekker

comparativemore lekker
superlativemost lekker

Origin of lekker

From Afrikaans lekker, from Dutch lekker.

Words formed from lekker

Questions about lekker

What does lekker mean?
Lekker means tasty, nice, fun, great.
What is lekker in Tamil?
Lekker in Tamil is வியப்பு. See Lekker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lekker?
Lekker is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lekker?
Lekker is pronounced /ˈlɛkə(ɹ)/.

Words near lekker in the dictionary

  1. Lekhitic
  2. Lekich
  3. lekin
  4. Lekke
  5. lekked
  6. lekker
  7. lekkerbreek
  8. lekkerbreeks
  9. lekking
  10. lekku
  11. lekkus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lekker (page history and authors); lekker (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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