hoogmoed komt voor de val

Dutch

Alternative forms

hoogmoed komt voor den val

Etymology

Ultimately from the Bible, Proverbs 16:18. Attested since at least the 17th century.[1] The publishing of the 1637 Statenvertaling likely proliferated usage throughout the Low Countries, wherein a variant of the modern proverb can be found.[2] (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɦoːx.mut kɔmt voːr də vɑl/
Hyphenation: hoog‧moed komt voor de val

Proverb

hoogmoed komt voor de val

pride comes before a fall

References

Hoogmoed komt voor de val in Taalloket, Onze Taal, 2019 (in Dutch).
Johannes Bogerman, Willem Baudartius, Gerson Bucerus, transl. (1637 September 17), “Spreuken 16 [Proverbs 16]”, in Statenvertaling‎ (in Dutch), commissioned by the Synod of Dort in 1618, Leiden: Machteld Aelbrechtsdochter, line 18: “Hovaardigheid is vóór de verbreking, en hoogheid des geestes vóór den val. ― Haughtiness comes before misery, and hubris of the mind before the fall.”

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[OnzeTaal-1] Hoogmoed komt voor de val in Taalloket, Onze Taal, 2019 (in Dutch).

[Statenvertaling-2] Johannes Bogerman, Willem Baudartius, Gerson Bucerus, transl. (1637 September 17), “Spreuken 16 [Proverbs 16]”, in Statenvertaling‎ (in Dutch), commissioned by the Synod of Dort in 1618, Leiden: Machteld Aelbrechtsdochter, line 18: “Hovaardigheid is vóór de verbreking, en hoogheid des geestes vóór den val. ― Haughtiness comes before misery, and hubris of the mind before the fall.”