Kabouter is the Dutch word for a type of little people, similar to a gnome or leprechaun. In folklore, the Dutch Kabouters are akin to the Irish Leprechaun, Scandinavian Tomte or Nisse, the English Hob,The Oxford history of English lexicography, Volume 1 By Anthony Paul Cowie. Page.275. the Scottish Brownie and the German Klabauter or kobold.Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek by Jan de Vries. Page.905.
