wijden

• (obsolete) wijen

From earlier wijen, from Middle Dutch wiën, from Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. The -d- was inserted in the early modern period due to hypercorrection, the earlier and original form wijen being mistakenly identified as the result of deletion of intervocalic -d- (a very common development visible in e.g. weder/weer, rode/rooie, moeder/moer, and so forth). Similar hypercorrection can be seen in beeldhouder, kade.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛi̯də(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

wijden

1. to dedicate, devote

   Het Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is gewijd aan het werk van Van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten.^(WP)

   The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to the work of Van Gogh and his contemporaries.

2. to inaugurate
3. to bless, sanctify

• Afrikaans: wy
• → Saramaccan: wéi