"ij" meaning in Dutch

See ij in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /ɛi̯/ Audio: Nl-ij.ogg Forms: IJ [uppercase]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels. Head templates: {{head|nl|letter|||upper case|IJ|||||sc=}} ij (upper case IJ), {{nl-letter|upper=IJ}} ij (upper case IJ)
  1. a digraph, sometimes considered a letter of the Dutch alphabet Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ij-nl-character-xfLj5kD~ Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], C [Latin, letter], c [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], IJ [Latin, letter], ij [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Y [Latin, letter], y [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter]

Noun

IPA: /ɛi̯/ Audio: Nl-ij.ogg Forms: ij's [plural], ijtje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels. Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-'s|+}} ij f (plural ij's, diminutive ijtje n)
  1. the digraph ij Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ij-nl-noun-Yt9JjXm5
{
  "etymology_text": "From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "IJ",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "10": "",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "upper case",
        "6": "IJ",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "sc": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ij (upper case IJ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "upper": "IJ"
      },
      "expansion": "ij (upper case IJ)",
      "name": "nl-letter"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a digraph, sometimes considered a letter of the Dutch alphabet"
      ],
      "id": "en-ij-nl-character-xfLj5kD~",
      "links": [
        [
          "digraph",
          "digraph#English"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter#English"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "letter"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "A"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "a"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "B"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "b"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "C"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "c"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "D"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "d"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "E"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "e"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "F"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "f"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "G"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "g"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "H"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "h"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "I"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "i"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "IJ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ij"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "J"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "j"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "K"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "k"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "L"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "l"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "M"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "m"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "N"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "n"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "O"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "o"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "P"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "p"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Q"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "q"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "R"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "r"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "S"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "s"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "T"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "t"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "U"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "u"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "V"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "v"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "W"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "w"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "X"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "x"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Y"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "y"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "Z"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "z"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg/Nl-ij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ei"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ij"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ij's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ijtje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-'s",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ij f (plural ij's, diminutive ijtje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the digraph ij"
      ],
      "id": "en-ij-nl-noun-Yt9JjXm5",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg/Nl-ij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ei"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ij"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch letters",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "IJ",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "10": "",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "upper case",
        "6": "IJ",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "sc": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ij (upper case IJ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "upper": "IJ"
      },
      "expansion": "ij (upper case IJ)",
      "name": "nl-letter"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "letter"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "A"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "B"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "b"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "C"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "c"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "D"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "d"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "E"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "F"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "f"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "G"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "H"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "IJ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ij"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "J"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "j"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "K"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "L"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "l"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "M"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "N"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "O"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "P"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Q"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "q"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "R"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "S"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "s"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "T"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "U"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "V"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "v"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "W"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "w"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "X"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "x"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Y"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a digraph, sometimes considered a letter of the Dutch alphabet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "digraph",
          "digraph#English"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter#English"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg/Nl-ij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ei"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ij"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch letters",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ii, where the second i was modified. Used to be pronounced as /i/, in accordance with the other Dutch double vowels.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ij's",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ijtje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-'s",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ij f (plural ij's, diminutive ijtje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the digraph ij"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg/Nl-ij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Nl-ij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ei"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ij"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.