THREE TIMES NINE
April, king, president
Linguistics
| 27-04-2021
Today is King's Day (Koningsdag) in the Netherlands, on which we celebrate the birthday of our current king, Willem-Alexander. Such a national holiday in honour of the birthday of a member of the royal family has been there since 1885, while the Netherlands has been a kingdom under the same royal family since 1815. Before 1885, however, Waterlooday was the national holiday, commemorating the end of the French occupation. The Netherlands has not always been a kingdom; from 1588 to 1806 a large part of the Netherlands was part of a republic. If it had stayed that way, we probably would have had a president by now. But probably not President's Day on April 27th.
THREE TIMES NINE
Originally there were three Germanic language families: North, East and West Germanic. Unfortunately, all East Germanic languages have died out, but fortunately North and West Germanic languages are still there. In the section THREE TIMES NINE, every month on the 27th, I put three words in nine of those languages next to each other. In contrast to the series WEST GERMANIC, in this case, I leave the comparison to you. Have fun comparing!
Sources
All translations: Google Translate.
Images: own edits with photo from Wikipedia: By Erikt - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32401992.