Bijltjesdag

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Bijltje +‎ -s- +‎ dag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯l.tjəsˌdɑx/, [ˈbɛi̯l.cəsˌdɑx]
  • Hyphenation: Bijl‧tjes‧dag

Proper noun

Bijltjesdag m

  1. (historical, Netherlands) 30 May 1787, the day that Orangist shipwrights rose up against the republican regent elite of Amsterdam and this uprising was bloodily repressed by the ruling elite

Derived terms

Noun

Bijltjesdag m (plural Bijltjesdagen)

  1. alternative form of bijltjesdag
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