binnen de Ring

Dutch

Alternative forms

• binnen de ring

Etymology

Literally, “inside the ring [road]”, referring to Rijksweg 10, the ring road (ringweg) surrounding the wealthier core of Amsterdam and excluding its suburbs, which is colloquially known as de Ring.

Prepositional phrase

binnen de Ring

1. (informal) in the well-off central neighborhoods of Amsterdam, that lie within ring road A10

   De hele familie van die kakker woont binnen de Ring.

   The entire family of that posh asshole lives in the central neighborhoods of Amsterdam.