lijden

Betekenis

Verb

1. (intransitive) to undergo
2. (intransitive) to suffer

Noun

suffering

Koppelteken as

lij‧den

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɛi̯də(n)/

Etimologie

From Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”, under the influence of the originally unrelated noun leed (“sorrow”) and from the verb Middle Dutch leiden, leden, from Old Dutch *lēthen, *lēthon, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, *laiþijan. See the same in German leiden.

Sinne

Waarom zouden mijn kiezers moeten lijden onder hun fraude , hun corruptie en hun inefficiëntie ?

Why should my constituents suffer for their fraud, their corruption, and their inefficiency?