bevrijdingskind
Dutch
Etymology
From bevrijding (“liberation”) + -s- + kind (“child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈvrɛi̯.dɪŋsˌkɪnt/
- Hyphenation: be‧vrij‧dings‧kind
Noun
bevrijdingskind n (plural bevrijdingskinderen or bevrijdingskinders, diminutive bevrijdingskindje n or bevrijdingskindertje n)
- (Netherlands) a child born not long after the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, as the result of sexual relations between Dutch women and Allied soldiers