Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine, strong) first of never, cold day in Hell
2. (masculine, strong) first of never, cold day in Hell

Sinonieme

Zukunft

Vertalings

when pigs fly

à la Saint-Glinglin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/zaŋ(k)tˈnɪmərlaɪ̯nsˌtaːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Sankt Nimmerlein + -s- + Tag, literally “St. Little Never’s Day”. Compare an equivalent in Portuguese no Dia de São Nunca and Italian il giorno di San Mai, further also Dutch met sint-juttemis, French à la Saint-Glinglin.