houwtouw

Dutch

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of houden (“to keep”) +‎ touw (“rope”). A neologism that first appeared in August 2004, after winning a contest of Het Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur (The Flemish Centre for Folk Culture) that aimed to find a native Dutch word for keycord, which is a pseudo-anglicism. The word, while still used, never gained widespread usage, with sleutelkoord, a literal translation of keycord, now being the common word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑu̯.tɑu̯/

Noun

houwtouw n (plural houwtouwen, diminutive houwtouwtje n)

  1. lanyard
    Synonyms: sleutelkoord, keycord
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