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Dutch
Etymology
Apparently coined by Menno ter Braak in 1931. Compound of windmolen (“windmill”) + gevecht (“fight”). An allusion to Don Quixote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɪnt.moː.lə(n).ɣəˌvɛxt/
- Hyphenation: wind‧mo‧len‧ge‧vecht
Noun
windmolengevecht n (plural windmolengevechten, diminutive windmolengevechtje n)
- (chiefly figurative) pointless fight (useless resistance)