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"Ga toch fietsen!"
-hear-
means literally: 'Go ride your
bicycle, go biking!' but it also has a sense of 'I don't believe you!' - like
'Take a hike!'
'Echte Nederlandse FietsersBond,' The Real Dutch Bicyclists Federation, as opposed to the ANWB, 'Algemene Nederlandse WielrijdersBond,' the General Dutch Bicyclists Federation, which is really an Automobile Association. Originally, the ENFB was called ENWB, rubbing in the difference, but the ANWB sued and won. 'Wielrijder' is more formal and posh than 'Fietser'.
Fiets, fietser (bike, bicyclist)
Rijwiel, wielrijder (bicycle, bicyclist)
hear MP3
More Dutch Bicycle Words
I'll ride my bicycle home .. (hear MP3) (Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera)
Dutch Bicycles The best bike in the world (temporarily disabled.) It started out with a Sturmey-Archer 5-speed internal hub that was a lot of trouble; then I had a Sachs 5-speed but its ball bearings wore out. Now I'm waiting for a Shimano, "the industry leader."
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The origins of the Dutch word 'fiets' for bicycle are unclear.
It is usually considered to be a corruption of the French vélocipède,
but the people of the small town of Wageningen
(15 miles west of The Bridge Too Far) like to think
it has to do with their blacksmith Viets.
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stelen (to steal) -
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