vondeling

Meaning

foundling, an abandoned and/or orphaned but timely found and raised child

Concepts

foundling

abandoned child

Translations

enfant trouvé

Findelkind

expósito

trovatello

enjeitado

casadei

abandonado

criança abandonada

exposto

hijo abandonado

echadizo

buluntu

Etymology

From vond + -e- + -ling, the former being a now-obsolete noun derived (with change of vowel through ablaut) from the same root as vinden.

Sentences

In het park is een kind gevonden dat iemand te vondeling had gelegd .

In the park, a child was found who had been found by someone.