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ik.

I; first-person singular subjective personal pronoun

2 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/ɪk/stressed/ək/unstressed
  1. I; first-person singular subjective personal pronoun

    Ik hou van jou.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. Compare German ich, Low German ik, West Frisian ik, English I, Danish jeg. See I (English, etymology 3).

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