Re: OT: Official language post

 --- John Cowan skrzypszy:

> > Umm, not entirely. The correct Dutch translation of "resurrection" would
> > IMHO be: "wederopstanding".
>
> Well, all I can say is that my dictionary lists "resurrection" as the only
> meaning of "opstanding", and that googling for "opstanding", the first 40
> hits at least (I didn't look further) clearly refer to the resurrection of
> Jesus.
Yes, you are right. I checked in my dictionary, and both turn out to be
complete synonyms (referring to the resurrection of Christ, or of the dead in
general). To my native (but non-religious) ear, "wederopstanding" still sounds
better, though.

Jan

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