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ie.

Second-person singular, mute form: you

2 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/i/[(ʔ)ii̥]
  1. Second-person singular, mute form: you

    colloquial
    Heb ie de krant al gelezen?
Where this word comes from

Likely from unstressed je.

adv/i/[(ʔ)ii̥]
  1. always, every time, continuously

    obsolete
  2. ever, sometime, at some point

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Old Dutch io.

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