hij
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Afrikaans
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hij
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hie, hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz. Doublet of ie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hij
- Third-person singular, masculine, subjective: he
- Hij loopt. ― He walks.
- De tafel is duur omdat hij van glas is gemaakt.
- The table is expensive because it is made of glass.
Usage notes
[edit]- When the word occurs other than as the first word of a clause and is not emphatically stressed, it is usually pronounced as /i/. This is a completely accepted pronunciation in standard speech.
- The word can also be used to refer to inanimate nouns of the feminine gender.
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hij
- Alternative spelling of hi
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hij
- Alternative form of I (“I”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hij
- Alternative form of he (“they”)
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