inderdaad
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Afrikaans
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Adverb
[edit]inderdaad
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier inderdaet, a univerbation of in + der + daet. Equivalent to a univerbation of in + der + daad. Written as one word since the 17th century. Earliest documented use with its current meaning in 1639.[1]
Compare German in der Tat and English indeed.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]inderdaad
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “inderdaad”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute