strijdwagen
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom strijd (“battle”) + wagen (“wagon”). First attested in the seventeenth century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstrijdwagen m (plural strijdwagens, diminutive strijdwagentje n)
- chariot
- 1626, Joost Vondel, De Amsteldamsche Hecvba. Treur-Spel, act III, lines 605–608:
- Ghy hebt oud Troien thans, maer ick al lang sien vallen:
Van zedert soo verwoed, rondom de staende wallen,
Met sijn' strijdwagen styf, en wacker aengesweept,
De wreede Peleus soon mijn' leden heeft gesleept:- You have old Troy for now, but I [have] long seen it fall
From since, so enraged, round the [still] standing walls,
With his sturdy chariot and driven fiercely,
The cruel son of Peleus has dragged my [better half's] body:
- You have old Troy for now, but I [have] long seen it fall
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: strydwa
- → West Frisian: striidwein (calque)