op de been

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally: “on the legs”, with an old endingless plural of been (instead of contemporary benen). Compare the same construction in German auf den Beinen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Prepositional phrase[edit]

op de been

  1. standing; upright
  2. up; awake; having got up