zwanenzang
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈzʋaː.nə(n)ˌzɑŋ/
noun
Definitions
- swan song last major work, accomplishment or effort before one's demise or retirement
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish zwaan (swan) + Dutch, Flemish zang (song, singing).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
zang
Gloss
song, singing
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
歌, 唄
Emoji
🎵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bovenzang Dutch, Flemish
- keelzang Dutch, Flemish
- keerzang Dutch, Flemish
- knobbelzwaan Dutch, Flemish
- lofzang Dutch, Flemish
- samenzang Dutch, Flemish
- wildzang Dutch, Flemish
- zang Dutch, Flemish
- zanger Dutch, Flemish
- zangleraar Dutch, Flemish
- zanglerares Dutch, Flemish
- zangvogel Dutch, Flemish
- zwaan Dutch, Flemish
- soang Indonesian
- sanc Middle Dutch
- swane Middle Dutch
- swaan Afrikaans