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Quiz about DutchEnglish Parallels
Quiz about DutchEnglish Parallels

Dutch-English Parallels Trivia Quiz


Often Dutch uses similar binary phrasings as English. You are given the Dutch phrasing and should try to find the English equivalent of which the first half is given. The notes point out other rhythmical and stylistic effects.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
65,891
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1727
Last 3 plays: PSMU (7/10), Guest 84 (6/10), Guest 176 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Dutch: iemand met raad en daad bijstaan English: to advise and ____ somebody. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Dutch: bestand tegen weer en wind. English: wind and _______proof. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Dutch: de pracht en praal. English: (the) pomp and ___________. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Dutch: van top tot teen (e.g. onder de modder). English:(e.g.covered with mud) from head to _____ Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Dutch: van de hand in de tand (leven). English: (to live) from hand to ____ Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Dutch: het was buigen of barsten. English: it was bend or ________ Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Dutch: iets achter slot en grendel houden. English: to keep something under lock and ________ Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Dutch : over berg en dal. English: up hill and down ______ Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Dutch: lief en leed delen (in het huwelijk). English: (to marry ) for better or for _____

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 10
10. Dutch : een land met man en macht binnenvallen. English: to invade a country with might and _________ Also to protest with might and _____ Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 03 2024 : PSMU: 7/10
Mar 02 2024 : Guest 84: 6/10
Feb 15 2024 : Guest 176: 4/10
Jan 28 2024 : ZWOZZE: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Dutch: iemand met raad en daad bijstaan English: to advise and ____ somebody.

Answer: assist

'Raad en daad' combines the effects of a binary pattern with rhyme. 'Advise and assist' is slightly alliterative.
2. Dutch: bestand tegen weer en wind. English: wind and _______proof.

Answer: weather

Alliteration in both cases. Binary patterns. In English the monosyllabic word precedes the bisyllabic one, which creates a perfect trocheic rhythm.
3. Dutch: de pracht en praal. English: (the) pomp and ___________.

Answer: circumstance

Both phrasings achieve a perfect iambic pattern but the English phrasing does not have the alliteration that is found in the Dutch one. The Dutch also has near assonance because of the short a followed by a long aa.
4. Dutch: van top tot teen (e.g. onder de modder). English:(e.g.covered with mud) from head to _____

Answer: foot

New Shorter Oxford gives: from head to foot, toe, heel. Both English and Dutch have a perfect sequence of monosyllabic words here. But Dutch also has alliteration.
5. Dutch: van de hand in de tand (leven). English: (to live) from hand to ____

Answer: mouth

Dutch has rhyme.
6. Dutch: het was buigen of barsten. English: it was bend or ________

Answer: break

Alliteration in both cases.
7. Dutch: iets achter slot en grendel houden. English: to keep something under lock and ________

Answer: key

English has a perfect sequence of monosyllabics. Compare with the ternary pattern : lock, stock and barrel (or for that matter: hook, line and sinker).
8. Dutch : over berg en dal. English: up hill and down ______

Answer: dale

English achieves an antithetic phrasing with perfectly balanced monosyllabics.
9. Dutch: lief en leed delen (in het huwelijk). English: (to marry ) for better or for _____

Answer: worse

Dutch combines the antithesis with a fluent alliterative pattern of monosyllabic words.
10. Dutch : een land met man en macht binnenvallen. English: to invade a country with might and _________ Also to protest with might and _____

Answer: main

The parallels between English and Dutch are by far not a 100 percent phenomenon. In Dutch a ship will go down with 'man and mouse', but English only has a poor 'with all hands'.There could certainly be made out a long list of Dutch sayings having that binary pattern for which English has only 'pale' counterparts. Examples in 'translation': before day and dawn, by high and by low, to complain stone and bone, with hair and hide, between jug and mug, in odours and colours, in fire and flame.

A list that works the other way round is of course perfectly possible too. With might and main = with all one's {might;to} the utmost of one's abilities. (New Shorter Oxford, sub: might.)
Source: Author flem-ish

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