in goeden doen

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Etymology

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Literally: “in good doing”, with a fossilized dative visible in the adjective (it was also present, however invisibly, in the gerund doen, as in governs the dative).

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

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in goeden doen

  1. (idiomatic) in a good way, in shape, in form