te elfder ure

Etymology
Referring to the in Matthew 20. The term employs the now archaic dative case, lost in present-day Dutch except for a few idioms.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  at the last minute; at a time close to the end or almost too late

Usage notes
Te elfder ure is the official form, which is now more common than ter elfder ure, but the latter form is the more common one in older sources. The of 1637 has ter elfder uyre.