dijk

Meaning

dike, levee

dike

embankment

dam

dyke

levee

dig

bank

earthwork

rampart

breakwater

fascine

jetty

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛi̯k/

From Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch dīc, from Proto-West Germanic *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare German Teich and Deich, West Frisian dyk, English ditch, Icelandic díki), from Proto-Indo-European *dheigʷ.

Cognate with German

Teich

Cognate with Western Frisian

dyk

Cognate with English

ditch

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Sentences

De rivier overstroomde bijna ieder jaar tot ze uiteindelijk een nieuwe dijk gebouwd hebben .

The river flooded almost every year until they finally built a new dike.

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