Noun: ouderdom
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | ouderdom |
| Pl. | ouderdommen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ouderdom
schram,
waarborgsom,
stekelbrem,
oorlogstrom,
ouderdom,
boomstam,
atoombom,
bermbom,
optelsom,
dwangsom,
zwemkom,
borgsom,
echte tonderzwam,
schijnstam,
sneeuwbom,
groothertogdom,
zakkam,
vorstbisdom,
oesterzwam,
gasvlam, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ouderdom, from ouder (“age”). The word is today synchronically interpreted as ouder (“older”) + -dom, as the noun ouder in the sense of "age" is long-obsolete in most dialects of Dutch.
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