‘Zevenvinker’ (following the much-discussed book by Joris Luyendijk) came second and ‘energy tourism’ third. Nearly 15,000 votes were cast. Van Dale had nominated ten submitted words for a chance to win the title of Word of the Year 2022. In addition to the top 3, these were regret family, emoji baby, mumps tax, book sticks, needlespiking, prize pain and stop bonus. People could cast their vote until Monday afternoon.
After prickly regrets, ‘climate sticker’ is now word of the year
