Compound ofkalver(“calf, young bovine”) +liefde(“love”). First attested in the 17th century.
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.vərˌlif.də/
- Hyphenation:kal‧ver‧lief‧de
kalverliefde f (pluralkalverliefdesorkalverliefden)
- puppy love; ayouthful,immature form oflove often associated with young people
- 1625, Jacob Cats, "Wegh-wyser ten houwelijck uyt den dool-hof derkalverliefde." ("Road sign towards marriage from the maze ofpuppy love"), inHouwelijcx (DBNL), in Johannes van Vloten (ed.),Alle de werken van Jacob Cats, part 1, publ. by de erven J.J. Tijl (1862), page 358.
