Koninginnedag
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From koningin (“queen”) + -e- + dag (“day”), thus “Queen's Day”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Koninginnedag m (plural Koninginnedagen, diminutive Koninginnedagje n)
- A former national holiday in the Netherlands, occurring on April 30th (or April 29th, if it would otherwise fall on a Sunday) as an official celebration of its current queen's birthday.
Usage notes edit
- The holiday was renamed Koningsdag (“King's Day”) on the accession of king Willem-Alexander after three female predecessors.