kringverjaardag
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From kring (“circle”) + verjaardag (“birthday”).
Noun edit
kringverjaardag m (plural kringverjaardagen, diminutive kringverjaardagje n)
- A birthday party where those in attendance mostly sit in a circle (sometimes two or more circles) and chit-chat, subjectively lacking exuberance or festiveness.
Usage notes edit
- A generally somewhat derogatory term; kringverjaardagen may hold connotations of suffocating middle-class dullness and parochialism (compare spruitjeslucht).