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Dutch dates

Post by Robert Jacobs » 10 Mar 2021 17:16

How would one translate a Dutch date, given as "um 1782" into English?
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Re: Dutch dates

Post by RS3100 » 10 Mar 2021 17:29

I'm not fluent in Dutch languages, but I believe the language is a West Germanic derivative, in which case the preposition "um" could mean at, around or about, according to Wiktionary.
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Re: Dutch dates

Post by Robert Jacobs » 10 Mar 2021 18:11

Many thanks! I'm going to enter them as "circa."
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