wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt

Dutch

Etymology

Literally: “Who comes first, grinds first”, a rule for mill usage found among many Germanic peoples. Compare German wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst.

Proverb

wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt

  1. first come, first served
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