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Dutch20 Sept 2026time

overmorgen

OH-ver-MOR-khen[ˌoːvərˈmɔrɣən]

Pronunciation: Marcel coenders · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

the day after tomorrow — one word, no 'after' required

Closest in English: overmorrow, over-morrow. None of them covers it.

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The story

English had this word: overmorrow, printed in a 1535 Bible translation and then quietly abandoned, along with 'ereyesterday' for the day before yesterday. Dutch never dropped its version, and German still says übermorgen. You lost overmorrow; tonight you can have it back.

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  1. Which language is it from?Dutch
  2. What does it literally say?Over-tomorrow
  3. Where would you hear it?A Dutch office, planning the week
  4. What does it mean?The day after tomorrow

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One of the easier words so far.

Round two, literally, was where most points went.

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