zondvloed
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch sintvloed. Originally equivalent to now obsolete zin or zene (“permanent, forever”) + vloed (“flood”), but folketymologically reinterpreted as the compound zonde (“sin”) + vloed (“flood”). Cognate to German Sintflut, also Sündflut.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zondvloed f (plural zondvloeden, diminutive zondvloedje n)
Derived terms[edit]
- na mij de zondvloed (calque)
Descendants[edit]
- Negerhollands: sondovloet, sond-vlued