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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of ijs + tijd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯s.tɛi̯t/
- Hyphenation: ijs‧tijd
Noun
ijstijd m (plural ijstijden)
- An ice age, a glaciation.
De heuvels in het overigens vlakke landschap zijn tijdens de voorlaatste ijstijd gevormd.- The hills in the otherwise level landscape were formed during the second-to-last ice age.
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