het naadje van de kous

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally, the seam of the sock.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈnaːtjə vɑn də ˈkɑu̯s/, /(ɦ)ət ˈnaːtjə vɑn də ˈkɑu̯s/

Noun

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het naadje van de kous n (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) all details of a subject matter

Usage notes

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Now mostly used in the expression het naadje van de kous willen weten (see willen for the inflection), with willen and weten only seldom omitted or replaced by another verb.