tijgen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛi̯ɣə(n)/
• Hyphenation: tij‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tiën, from Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-West Germanic *tīhan, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).

Verb

tijgen

1. (obsolete, transitive) to accuse

Inflection

Inflection of tijgen (strong class 1)
infinitive	tijgen
past singular	teeg
past participle	getegen
infinitive	tijgen
gerund	tijgen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	tijg	teeg
2nd person sing. (jij)	tijgt	teeg
2nd person sing. (u)	tijgt	teeg
2nd person sing. (gij)	tijgt	teegt
3rd person singular	tijgt	teeg
plural	tijgen	tegen
subjunctive sing.1	tijge	tege
subjunctive plur.1	tijgen	tegen
imperative sing.	tijg
imperative plur.1	tijgt
participles	tijgend	getegen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aantijgen
• aantijging

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”).

Verb

tijgen

1. (dated, transitive) to go

   De vogelaars togen naar de plaats waar de oehoe was gespot. ― The birders went to the place where the eagle-owl had been spotted.

2. (obsolete, transitive) to pull

Usage notes

• The sense "to go" is still encountered, albeit generally in the past tense - the present tense is significantly more rare - and almost always in written media. It is rarely if ever heard in spoken language.

Inflection

Inflection of tijgen (strong class 2a)
infinitive	tijgen
past singular	toog
past participle	getogen
infinitive	tijgen
gerund	tijgen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	tijg	toog
2nd person sing. (jij)	tijgt	toog
2nd person sing. (u)	tijgt	toog
2nd person sing. (gij)	tijgt	toogt
3rd person singular	tijgt	toog
plural	tijgen	togen
subjunctive sing.1	tijge	toge
subjunctive plur.1	tijgen	togen
imperative sing.	tijg
imperative plur.1	tijgt
participles	tijgend	getogen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aftijgen
• opgetogen
• zieltogen

 

Related terms

• hertog
• teug
• tocht

 

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “TIJGEN^I”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “TIJGEN^II”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001