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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of indiaan (“native American, Indian”) + -en- + verhaal (“story”). The fact that during the twentieth century many published stories about Native Americans were pulp fiction may have led to the meaning “urban legend”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪn.diˈaː.nə(n).vɛrˌɦaːl/
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧a‧nen‧ver‧haal
Noun
indianenverhaal n (plural indianenverhalen)
- A wild, untrue story, an urban myth.
De ultranationalisten verspreidden het gerucht dat de prinses misbruikt was door de Engelsen, maar dat was maar een indianenverhaal.- The ultranationalists spread the rumour that the princess has been abused by the English, but that was nothing but an urban legend.
- A story about Amerind people.
Die jongens zijn gek op indianenverhalen.- Those boys are mad about stories about Native Americans.