herfsttij

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of herfst (“autumn”) +‎ tij (“tide”).

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Noun

herfsttij n (plural herfsttijen or herfsttijden, diminutive herfsttijtje n)

  1. autumn, fall
  2. (figuratively) period of decline, final period of a lifetime
    In zijn beroemde boek, "Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen", beschreef de twintigste-eeuwse historicus Johan Huizinga de Lage Landen op de vooravond van de Renaissance.
    In his famous book The Waning of the Middle Ages the twentieth-century historian Johan Huizinga described the Low Countries on the eve of the Renaissance.

Derived terms

  • herfsttijloos
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