Talk:solden

Dutch - a plurale tantum?

I don't think that's the case. Singular solde is at least in the spoken (non-standard?) language used, and that should not be a surprise, considering that the word comes from French which has singular solde. In the spoken (non-standard?) language, the plural "soldes" is also used, with "solden" referring to the sales period, and "solde(s)" referring to the article(s) on discount. Morgengave (talk) 18:39, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

I merely repeated what a quick glance at the entry at the Vlaams Woordenboek told me -- if, in your experience, the singular is also used, then by all means create and adjust the entries accordingly. I'm not Belgian, so I have no experience with this word. — Kleio (t · c) 18:43, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

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Google seems to confirm, from the query "een soldeke", that it exists, but it seems to be used similar to koopje -- possibly then soldes and solden are formations similar to koopjes, where the sense sale derives from it being the plural of a word meaning bargain in the singular. If so, we could move the entire thing to an entry solde, and note that it is usually used with the sense sale in the plural. (Pff... Belgian Dutch is weird, man ;p) — Kleio (t · c) 19:23, 21 January 2017 (UTC)