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zijgen.

to slump, to fall down, to drop

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈzɛi̯.ɣə(n)/
  1. to slump, to fall down, to drop

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sigen (“to drop down, to slump”), from Old Dutch *sīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą.

verb/ˈzɛi̯.ɣə(n)/
  1. to filter

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch siën (“to filter, to seep”), from Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną.

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