windmolengevecht

== Dutch == === Etymology === Apparently coined by Menno ter Braak in 1931. Compound of windmolen (“windmill”) +‎ gevecht (“fight”). An allusion to Don Quixote. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɪnt.moː.lə(n).ɣəˌvɛxt/ Hyphenation: wind‧mo‧len‧ge‧vecht === Noun === windmolengevecht n (plural windmolengevechten, diminutive windmolengevechtje n) (chiefly figurative) pointless fight (useless resistance)