wijk

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɛi̯k/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wijc, from Old Dutch *wīk, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō, from Latin vīcus (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”). Cognate to English wick, -wich, -wick, archaic German Weich- in Weichbild (“municipal area”). Compare Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“village, settlement”) of the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Noun

wijk f or m (plural wijken, diminutive wijkje n)

  1. neighborhood
  2. district

Etymology 2

Verb

wijk

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wijken
  2. imperative of wijken
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