in de verwachting
Dutch
editEtymology
editLiterally “in the expectation”.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editin de verwachting (used only predicatively, not comparable)
Usage notes
editIn most variants of Dutch, particularly in the standard form as spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium, the expression is in verwachting, without the article de. In Surinamese Dutch, however, this is the standard form.
References
edit- J. E. Huisman-Bazuin (1971) “Zo is dat ding in Suriname”, in Ons Erfdeel[1], volume 14, number 4, pages 161–163.