ijf
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch *îwe f (attested as uwe and ieve, the latter being a conflation with the unrelated word for “ivy”), from Old Dutch *īwa, from Proto-Germanic *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognate with German Eibe, English yew.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ijf m (plural ijven, diminutive ijfje n)