DWOTD 1.0 – Dutch Word of the Day

DWOTD 1.0 – Dutch Word of the Day


Het was kielekiele

October 02, 2012

It was really really close [phrase] [het was kie-le-kie-le]  When something was ‘kielekiele’ in Dutch it means it was a very close call, however with positive result. The present tense form (‘het is kielekiele’) can be used when th