kringverjaardag

Dutch

Etymology

From kring (“circle”) +‎ verjaardag (“birthday”).

Noun

kringverjaardag m (plural kringverjaardagen, diminutive kringverjaardagje n)

1. 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

• A generally somewhat derogatory term; kringverjaardagen may hold connotations of suffocating middle-class dullness and parochialism (compare spruitjeslucht).