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hertalen.

to adapt or rewrite a historic literary text that is difficult to read for a contemporary audience due to, for example, archaisms and obsolete spelling, in a modern version of the same language

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɦɛrˈtaː.lə(n)/
  1. to adapt or rewrite a historic literary text that is difficult to read for a contemporary audience due to, for example, archaisms and obsolete spelling, in a modern version of the same language

    intransitive · transitive
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In analogy to vertalen (“to translate”). Equivalent to her- + talen.

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