herfsttij

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛrfs.tɛi̯/
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  • Hyphenation: herst‧tij

Noun

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

  1. autumn, fall
  2. (figuratively) period of decline, final period of a lifetime
    De schilderes had in het herfsttij van haar leven een nieuwe hobby, flippo's verzamelen
    The painter took on a new hobby in the final years of her life, collecting milk caps.
    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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