"jou" meaning in Dutch

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Pronoun

IPA: /jɑu̯/ Audio: Nl-jou.ogg Forms: a [alternative, Brabant]
Rhymes: -ɑu̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|jou}} Middle Dutch jou, {{inh|nl|odt|*jū}} Old Dutch *jū, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*iwwiz}} Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, {{doublet|nl|u}} Doublet of u Head templates: {{head|nl|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} jou
  1. you; second-person singular objective personal pronoun
    Sense id: en-jou-nl-pron-DfVaz6dV Categories (other): Dutch personal pronouns, Dutch pronouns Disambiguation of Dutch personal pronouns: 40 3 28 27 2 Disambiguation of Dutch pronouns: 16 8 35 35 5
  2. misspelling of jouw (“your”) Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: jouw (extra: your)
    Sense id: en-jou-nl-pron-LNgn26BS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jouzelf

Verb

IPA: /jɑu̯/ Audio: Nl-jou.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑu̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|jou}} Middle Dutch jou, {{inh|nl|odt|*jū}} Old Dutch *jū, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*iwwiz}} Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, {{doublet|nl|u}} Doublet of u Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} jou
  1. inflection of jouen:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: jouen
    Sense id: en-jou-nl-verb-cd3j7hq6 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 5 0 2 0 8 0 0 8 8 0 6 8 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 9 5 7 3 0 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 42 42 12 Disambiguation of Dutch pronouns: 16 8 35 35 5
  2. inflection of jouen:
    (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: jouen
    Sense id: en-jou-nl-verb-KRG1wCwc Categories (other): Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 5 0 2 0 8 0 0 8 8 0 6 8 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 9 5 7 3 0 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 42 42 12 Disambiguation of Dutch pronouns: 16 8 35 35 5
  3. inflection of jouen:
    imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: jouen
    Sense id: en-jou-nl-verb-2oJpRz3k Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 42 42 12
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      "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
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          "english": "I'll do this for you.",
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          "english": "Can I ask you something?",
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          "translation": "Can I ask you something?",
          "type": "example"
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              8,
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          "english": "I'm giving you my book to read.",
          "text": "Ik geef jou mijn boek om te lezen.",
          "translation": "I'm giving you my book to read.",
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        },
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              26,
              29
            ]
          ],
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              22,
              25
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          "english": "She bought a gift for you.",
          "text": "Zij heeft een cadeau voor jou gekocht.",
          "translation": "She bought a gift for you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "english": "Can I ask you something?",
          "text": "Kan ik jou iets vragen?",
          "translation": "Can I ask you something?",
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          "english": "She bought a gift for you.",
          "text": "Zij heeft een cadeau voor jou gekocht.",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for jou meaning in Dutch (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "jou"
  ],
  "section": "Dutch",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "jou",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 26"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "jou"
  ],
  "section": "Dutch",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "jou",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 26"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "jou"
  ],
  "section": "Dutch",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "jou",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). 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.