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jou.

you; second-person singular objective personal pronoun

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/jɑu̯/

  1. you; second-person singular objective personal pronoun

    Ik zal dit wel even doen voor jou.
    Kan ik jou iets vragen?

  2. misspelling of jouw (“your”)

    alt-of · misspelling
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u.

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