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zij.

she; third-person singular feminine subjective personal pronoun

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/zɛi̯/stressed/zə/unstressed
  1. she; third-person singular feminine subjective personal pronoun

  2. they; third-person plural subjective pronoun

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sī, from Old Dutch siu, sia, from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

noun/zɛi̯/stressed/zə/unstressed
  1. she (a female)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sī, from Old Dutch siu, sia, from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

noun/zɛi̯/stressed/zə/unstressed
  1. side (the side of one's body); flank

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Contraction of zijde (“side”).

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