Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Elfendertigst is a nonce word from elf (“eleven”) + dertig (“thirty”), so literally meaning "at one's thirty-eleventh".
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɔp zən ɛlfɛnˈdɛrtəxst/, /ɔp zən ɛlvənˈdɛrtəxst/
Prepositional phrase[edit]
op zijn elfendertigst
- (idiomatic) slow and steady, not rushed, taking one's time
