Dictionaries › Dutch

zijn eigen boontjes doppen

Pronunciation: /zɛi̯n ˌɛi̯.ɣə(n)ˈboːn.tjəs ˈdɔ.pə(n)/

“zijn eigen boontjes doppen” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to fend for oneself

Etymology

Boontjes doppen means podding green beans (to remove peas from their case). See also the citation from Eik bes leuk in the quotations below.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “zijn eigen boontjes doppen” there

More Dutch words

About this dictionary

The Dutch dictionary on Glottosphere has 55,948 entries with a page. Browse the Dutch dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.