Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”, under the influence of the originally unrelated noun leed (sorrow) and from the verb Middle Dutch leiden, leden, from Old Dutch *lēthen, *lēthon, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, *laiþijan. See the same in German leiden.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lijden

  1. (intransitive) to undergo
  2. (intransitive) to suffer [+ aan (object) = from (a disease)]

Inflection edit

Inflection of lijden (strong class 1)
infinitive lijden
past singular leed
past participle geleden
infinitive lijden
gerund lijden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular lijd leed
2nd person sing. (jij) lijdt leed
2nd person sing. (u) lijdt leed
2nd person sing. (gij) lijdt leedt
3rd person singular lijdt leed
plural lijden leden
subjunctive sing.1 lijde lede
subjunctive plur.1 lijden leden
imperative sing. lijd
imperative plur.1 lijdt
participles lijdend geleden
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: ly
  • Negerhollands: lyd, lyden, lijden, leiden

Noun edit

lijden n (uncountable)

  1. suffering
    Synonyms: leed, lijdenis

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Verb edit

lijden

  1. Alternative spelling of liden