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Sentence #422762

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 deniko deniko December 31, 2019 December 31, 2019 at 9:20:16 AM UTC link Permalink

So literally "You catch the cuckoo?" Or "The cuckoo brings that to you?" Or something else?

What's the etymology of this phrase, I wonder?

Dorenda Dorenda January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 at 4:12:10 PM UTC link Permalink

Literally it can be translated as something like, "May the cuckoo take you [for] that." The cuckoo means the devil. In the past, people didn't like to use the word "devil" and used to replace it with other words. So a very loose translations would be: "If what you're saying is true, may the devil take you away."

https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/...je-de-koekoek/

deniko deniko January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 at 4:17:05 PM UTC link Permalink

Dorenda, heel erg bedankt voor de uitleg. Een echt interessante zin!

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Dat haal je de koekoek.

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