op zijn elfendertigst

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • op zijn elfendertigste
  • op z'n elfendertigst, op z'n elfendertigste

Etymology

Elfendertigst is a nonce word from elf (“eleven”) +‎ dertig (“thirty”), so literally meaning "at one's thirty-eleventh".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔp zən ɛlfɛnˈdɛrtəxst/, /ɔp zən ɛlvənˈdɛrtəxst/

Prepositional phrase

op zijn elfendertigst

  1. (idiomatic) slow and steady, not rushed, taking one's time
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