het hoekje om

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “(gone) round the corner”. Originating from fixed expressions, such as het hoekje om gaan, attested since the late eighteenth century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈɦukjə ˌɔm/, /(ɦ)ət ˈɦukjə ˌɔm/

Phrase[edit]

het hoekje om

  1. (informal) dead [from late 18th c. in fixed expressions, from 19th c. independently]

Derived terms[edit]