wijden
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch wiën, from Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. The -d- is due to hypercorrection (regarding the frequent loss of intervocalic -d-).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wijden
- to dedicate, devote
- Het Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is gewijd aan het werk van Van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten.[1] — The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to the work of Van Gogh and his contemporaries.
- to inaugurate
- to bless, sanctify
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of wijden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wijden | |||
| past singular | wijdde | |||
| past participle | gewijd | |||
| infinitive | wijden | |||
| gerund | wijden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | wijd | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| 3rd person singular | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| plural | wijden | wijdden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wijde | wijdde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wijden | wijdden | ||
| imperative sing. | wijd | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wijdt | |||
| participles | wijdend | gewijd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||