wijk

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɛi̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: wijk
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
  • Homophone: Wyck

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wijc, from Old Dutch *wīk, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō, from Latin vīcus (“hamlet, village, neighborhood”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”).

Cognate with English wick, -wich, -wick, German Weich- in dated 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
Alternative forms
Derived terms
general
persons
  • wijkagent
  • wijkambtenaar
  • wijkarts
  • wijkbemiddelaar
  • wijkbewoner
  • wijkcommissaris
  • wijkconciërge
  • wijker
  • wijkgenoot
  • wijkinspecteur
  • wijkmanager
  • wijkpostbode
  • wijkpredikant
  • wijkrechter
  • wijkverpleegster
  • wijkverpleger
  • wijkverzorger
  • wijkwerker
  • wijkwethouder
locations
  • wijkbureau
  • wijkcentrum
  • wijkgebouw
  • wijkhuis
  • wijkkantoor
  • wijkkerk
  • wijkloket
  • wijkpark
  • wijkwinkel
services
  • wijkbeheer
  • wijkberaad
  • wijkbestuur
  • wijkcomité
  • wijkforum
  • wijkoverleg
  • wijkplatform
  • wijkpolitie
  • wijkpreventie
  • wijkraad
  • wijkverpleging
toponyms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: wyk

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wijc (“canal”), from Old Dutch *wīk, *wīka (in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *wīku, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“inlet, bay”).

Related to wijken, wik, Old English wīc, Old Norse vík.

Noun

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

  1. Secondary canal in a turf extraction area.
Derived terms

- in toponyms:

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wijk

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