toeval
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Dutch
Etymology
toe- + val. Compare German Zufall.
Pronunciation
Noun
toeval n (plural toevallen, diminutive toevalletje n)
- accident, chance
- In september 1928 ontdekte Fleming eigenlijk bij toeval dat in de buurt van een bepaalde schimmel die per ongeluk bij een van zijn bacteriekoloniën was gekomen geen bacteriën groeiden. — In September 1928 Fleming discovered, actually by serendipity, that in the neighborhood of a certain fungus that through bad luck had come into one of his bacteria colonies, no bacteria grew.
- an attack (of epilepsy)