schrikkeljaar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schrickeljaer. Equivalent to schrikkelen (“to leap (chronologically)”) + jaar (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxrɪ.kəlˌjaːr/
audio (Belgium) (file) audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: schrik‧kel‧jaar
Noun
schrikkeljaar n (plural schrikkeljaren, diminutive schrikkeljaartje n)
- A leap year, year with an added leap day, hence 366-day year, in the Gregorian calendar
Related terms
- schrikkeldag
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skrikkeljaar