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bruiloft.

wedding reception, wedding feast

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbrœy̯.lɔft/

  1. wedding reception, wedding feast

    feminine
    In mijn cultuur is het de gewoonte dat gasten geld meenemen naar de bruiloft.

  2. wedding anniversary

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bruloft, brulocht. The first element is bruid; -loft is a derivation from the root of lopen (“to walk”) with a dental suffix (compare rucht). The original meaning would thus have been "bride-walk" or perhaps "bride-dance", "bride-leap" or even "bride-abduction" (see *hlaupaną and confer the etymology at Brautlauf). Cognates include German Brautlauf, Old Norse brúðhlaup (Swedish bröllop).

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