zondvloed
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch sintvloed. Originally equivalent to now obsolete zin or zene (“permanent, forever”) + vloed (“flood”), but folketymologically reinterpreted as the compound zonde (“sin”) + vloed (“flood”). Cognate to German Sintflut, also Sündflut.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzondvloed f (plural zondvloeden, diminutive zondvloedje n)
Derived terms
edit- na mij de zondvloed (calque)
Descendants
edit- Negerhollands: sondovloet, sond-vlued