lijden

• lijen (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lij‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən
• Homophone: leiden

lijden

1. (transitive) to undergo, endure, suffer

   geen twijfel lijden ― to be beyond doubt (literally, “to suffer no doubt”)

2. (intransitive) to suffer [with aan ‘from (a disease)’]

   Hij lijdt aan leukemie. ― He suffers from leukemia.

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

lijden n (uncountable)

1. suffering

   Synonyms: leed, lijdenis

• ijlden, ijlend, lijnde

lijden

1. alternative spelling of liden