zich

Betekenis

1. (broadly,reflexive) Third person singular and plural reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself
2. (broadly,formal,reflexive) Second person singular and plural formal reflexive pronoun; yourself, yourselves
3. expresses an unintended result with many otherwise non-reflexive and ergative verbs

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/zɪx/

Etimologie

From Middle Dutch sich, from Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih, from Proto-West Germanic *sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek. Old Dutch did not have a reflexive pronoun (only rarely in early Limburgish texts), but used the normal accusative pronoun (if necessary intensified by selven, cf. English himself). Although the use of zich in Holland-based Dutch was clearly triggered by written German, this development was assisted by the fact that the south-eastern dialects of Dutch had already adopted certain High German pronoun forms in much earlier times (cf. Limburgish ich, mich, dich, zich).

Sinne

Stelt u zich eens voor wat daar gebeurt .

We have to imagine what is happening over there.

Daar hebt u zich aan verbonden .

You have committed yourself to this.

Drie weken later voelde hij zich al veel beter .

Three weeks later, he was feeling much better.

Hij was voorwaardelijk vrij maar nadat hij zich misdragen had moest hij terug naar de gevangenis .

He was paroled, but after he misbehaved, he had to go back to prison.

Handelsbeleid is geen doel op zich .

Trade policy is not an end in itself.

Hierdoor breidt de epidemie zich uit .

And so the disease spreads further.

De pers had zich in Den Haag verzameld voor een persconferentie .

The press had gathered in The Hague for a press conference.

Nadat ze gisteren had hardgelopen voelde ze zich stijf .

After running yesterday, she felt stiff.