tsjinje

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thiānia, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną, from *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”). Cognate with Dutch dienen and German dienen.

Pronunciation

• (Hindeloopen) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ̃ː.jə/
• (Schiermonnikoog) IPA^(key): /ˈtjɪ̃.jə/
• (Terschelling) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sjɪ̃.jə/

Verb

tsjinje

1. serve.
2. devote oneself to, pay tribute to.
3. suitable, useful, beneficial (for); (to) fulfill a function; be a means or instrument to achieve something; to make happen.
4. ought (to do), must. (rarely used, literary).
5. be taken into consideration by the court.

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive	tsjinje
3rd singular past	tsjine
past participle	tsjine
infinitive	tsjinje
long infinitive	tsjinjen
gerund	tsjinjen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	tsjinje	tsjine
2nd singular	tsjinest	tsjinest
clitic form	tsjinesto	tsjinesto
3rd singular	tsjinet	tsjine
plural	tsjinje	tsjinen
imperative	tsjinje
participles	tsjinjend	tsjine

Further reading

• “tsjinje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011