in de verwachting

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Literally “in the expectation”.

Pronunciation edit

(Suriname) IPA^(key): [ˌɪn də fɛrˈwɑx.tɪŋ]

Adjective edit

in de verwachting (used only predicatively, not comparable)

(Suriname) pregnant

Usage notes edit

In 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.