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DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

gij.

you

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/ɣɛi̯/

  1. you

    colloquial · dialectal
    Motte gij nog een pilske?

  2. thou, ye

    archaic · literary
    Gij zult niet doden.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gī, ghi, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Doublet of jij. Compare also Low German ji, jie, English ye, German ihr.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.