wij

Meaning

the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers to the speakers

Concepts

we

us

ourselves

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋɛi̯/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare Low German wi, West Frisian wy, German wir, English we, Danish vi.

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