Comments on: Bakfiets & Bakkersfiets: etymology

By: mutui

mutui — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:27:20 +0000

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By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:12:44 +0000

I once had the idea of selling books out of a bakfiets, or maybe a bakbrommer, as a kind of mobile mini-bookstore. Some friends thought it was a really cool idea, others thought I was joking or maybe nuts. I was going to call the business The Book Bin. Then if I got the bakbrommer, I had the idea of calling it a boekbakbrommer. But then one of my friends from Holland (who is actually from the part of the Netherlands called Holland) said that sounded like I would be baking books while humming a happy tune.

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BAKFIETS en MEER » Blog Archive » Who steals an old bakfiets wheel? — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:25:18 +0000

[...] In case you’re confused thinking that a bakfiets is a modern, two-wheeler that mom carries her kids in, you’re half correct. That’s a Bakfiets Cargobike, with Bakfiets being the very generic trade name for Maarten van Andel’s brilliant bike. But to Dutch folks “bakfiets” still generally means a giant, heavy duty three-wheeler with a wooden box on the front, a brake lever between your legs and a fixed gear to keep those legs busy. Just to be sure: “bakfiets” is singular and “bakfietsen” is plural. Please remember that as it’s quite painful to read “bakfiet”. Check here for a more detailed description of the etymology of bakfietsen, bakkersfietsen, bakkers, … [...]

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BAKFIETS EN MEER » Blog Archive » The ash-tray bike! — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:40:27 +0000

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By: Introducing: Bakfiets(ing) a New Verb :

Introducing: Bakfiets(ing) a New Verb : — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:59:09 +0000

[...] the etymology of the word bakfiets is better explained by someone who uses the word etymology more often than I do. Suffice it to say [...]

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:47:45 +0000

“en meer” just means “and more”, but its also a pun: “bakfiets” + “en” = “bakfietsen”, which is both the noun described above but also the verb for riding a bakfiets. Thus “bakfietsen meer” also means “more bakfiets riding”.

-Henry

By: jsn

jsn — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:55:34 +0000

Very cool. So what does “en meer” mean?

jsn

By: henry

henry — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:45:55 +0000

Actually we call it a “bak”, but I suppose “box” is the most common and direct translation.

By: Mark Stosberg

Mark Stosberg — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:26:34 +0000

So you call it a “box” rather than a “bucket” ? “Box” is probably a more attractive word, and makes more sense, since “buckets” are often round, but “boxes” are square.