wijden

Betekenis (Engels)

1. to dedicate, devote
2. to inaugurate
3. to bless, sanctify

Synoniemen

zegenen

inzegenen

inwijden

toewijden

consacreren

heiligen

heilig verklaren

spanderen

opdragen

opofferen

sancreren

spenderen

inhuldigen

verschonen

consecreren

sanctificeren

verheiligen

sacraliseren

sanctifiëren

offeren

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʋɛi̯də(n)/

Etymologie (Engels)

From earlier wijen, from Middle Dutch wiën, from Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. The -d- was inserted in the early modern period due to hypercorrection, the earlier and original form wijen being mistakenly identified as the result of deletion of intervocalic -d- (a very common development visible in e.g. weder/weer, rode/rooie, moeder/moer, and so forth).