因为新冠疫情，荷兰人创造了一个26个字母的单词

With coronavirus dominating just about every aspect of our lives, it seems fitting a term relating to the pandemic has been voted Dutch word of the year by a considerable (social) distance.The Netherlands' leading dictionary-maker, Van Dale, has announced that, by popular demand, its word of the year is Anderhalvemetersamenleving.The compound noun translates in English to "one-and-a-half-metre-society".The lengthy new word, which was added to the dictionary in April during Holland's first spike in coronavirus infections, describes life under the government's five-foot social distancing rules.It was the runaway winner of Van Dale's annual poll, in which some 12,000 people took part, garnering just under 30 percent of the votes.The results were announced on Dec 15 — on the same day the Netherlands began a strict five-week lockdown to counter recent sharp rises in new infections. ………………………………