bij uitstek

Dutch

Etymology

Calque of French par excellence. Uitstek is a deverbal from uitsteken which is not used in Modern Dutch outside of this expression.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛi̯ ˈœy̯t.stɛk/
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Prepositional phrase

bij uitstek

  1. par excellence

See also

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