"wij" meaning in Dutch

See wij in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ʋɛi̯/ [stressed], /ʋə/ [unstressed] Audio: Nl-wij.ogg Forms: we [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare Low German wi, West Frisian wy, German wir, English we, Danish vi. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wi}} Middle Dutch wi, {{inh|nl|odt|wī}} Old Dutch wī, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*wiʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*wīz}} Proto-Germanic *wīz, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*wéy}} Proto-Indo-European *wéy, {{cog|nds|wi}} Low German wi, {{cog|fy|wy}} West Frisian wy, {{cog|de|wir}} German wir, {{cog|en|we}} English we, {{cog|da|vi}} Danish vi Head templates: {{head|nl|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} wij
  1. we; first-person plural subjective personal pronoun Derived forms: wijzelf

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "wy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "wāi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "wellie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "wi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch wi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "wī"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch wī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wiʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wīz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wīz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wéy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wéy",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "wi"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German wi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "wy"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian wy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wir"
      },
      "expansion": "German wir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "we"
      },
      "expansion": "English we",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.\nCompare Low German wi, West Frisian wy, German wir, English we, Danish vi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "we",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "wij",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "wijzelf"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We are going home.",
          "text": "Wij gaan naar huis.",
          "translation": "We are going home.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we; first-person plural subjective personal pronoun"
      ],
      "id": "en-wij-nl-pron-4F~pBrJS",
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɛi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋə/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-wij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Nl-wij.ogg/Nl-wij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Nl-wij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wij"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "pl:Myriapods",
    "pl:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wijzelf"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "wy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "wāi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "wellie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "wi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch wi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "wī"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch wī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wiʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wīz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wīz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wéy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wéy",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "wi"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German wi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "wy"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian wy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wir"
      },
      "expansion": "German wir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "we"
      },
      "expansion": "English we",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.\nCompare Low German wi, West Frisian wy, German wir, English we, Danish vi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "we",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "wij",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch personal pronouns",
        "Dutch pronouns",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms with homophones",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We are going home.",
          "text": "Wij gaan naar huis.",
          "translation": "We are going home.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we; first-person plural subjective personal pronoun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɛi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋə/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-wij.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Nl-wij.ogg/Nl-wij.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Nl-wij.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wij"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wij meaning in Dutch (3.0kB)

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