ik
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English [edit]
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Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Low German ik, West Frisian ik, German ich, English I, Danish jeg. See I (English, etymology 3).[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
ik
- First-person singular, subjective: I.
Declension [edit]
| subject | object | possessive | reflexive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | |
| 1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je |
| 2nd person dialectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | 'r1, d'r1 | haar | 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich |
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je |
| 2nd person dialectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich |
| 1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. |
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
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Quotations [edit]
- Julius Caesar
- Ik kwam, ik zag, ik overwon.
- I came, I saw, I conquered.
- Ik kwam, ik zag, ik overwon.
References [edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1
Gothic [edit]
Romanization [edit]
ik
- See 𐌹𐌺
Latvian [edit]
Adverb [edit]
ik
Low German [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ik/
Pronoun [edit]
ik
- (in some dialects) I (first person singular pronoun)
- Ik kem, ik seg, ik wünd (Low German) / Ik keem, ik keek, ik wun (Plautdietsch)
- I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)
- Ik kem, ik seg, ik wünd (Low German) / Ik keem, ik keek, ik wun (Plautdietsch)
Related terms [edit]
- mien (possessive: my, mine); mi (dative (also generally used in place of the accusative): me); wi (plural: we)
Marshallese [edit]
Noun [edit]
ik
- Alternative spelling of ek.
Old Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Saxon ik, Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun [edit]
ik
Descendants [edit]
Old Frisian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Saxon ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun [edit]
ik
Declension [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- West Frisian: ik
Old Saxon [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun [edit]
ik
Declension [edit]
| Personal pronouns | |||||
| Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | ik | thū | hē | sīu | it |
| Accusative | mī, mik | thī, thik | ina | sīa | |
| Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
| Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
| Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
| Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
| Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
| Dative | |||||
| Genitive | unkaro | inka | - | - | - |
| Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | wī | gī | sīa | sīa | sīu |
| Accusative | ūs | īu, gīu | |||
| Dative | im | ||||
| Genitive | ūsar | īuwar, gīuwar | iro | ||
Descendants [edit]
- Low German: ik
Scots [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English ic (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”, pronoun).
Pronoun [edit]
ik
- (rare) I. Now mostly used to be emphatical.
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- Wha did that? Ik!
West Frisian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Frisian ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare North Frisian ick, Dutch ik, Low German ik, German ich, English I, Danish jeg.
Pronoun [edit]
ik
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch personal pronouns
- Gothic romanizations
- Latvian adverbs
- Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Low German pronouns
- Marshallese nouns
- English alternative forms
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Dutch pronouns
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Frisian pronouns
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon pronouns
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Scots pronouns
- Scots terms with rare senses
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian pronouns