wijk

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛi̯k/

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• Hyphenation: wijk
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
• Homophone: Wyck

From Middle Dutch wijc, from Old Dutch *wīk, from Proto-West Germanic *wīk, 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.

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

1. neighborhood
2. district

• (obsolete) wyck

• Afrikaans: wyk

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.

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

1. secondary canal in a turf extraction area

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wijk

1. inflection of wijken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative