wijken

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to yield, make way
2. (intransitive) to recede
3. (intransitive) to disappear

Noun

plural of wijk

Concepts

yield

cede

give way

disappear

accommodate

assign

grant

quit

cease

stop

resign

abate

conclude

end

finish

terminate

back up

delay

fall back

go backward

recede

regress

retrogress

step back

relinquish

flinch

abandon

desert

forgo

forsake

give up

leave

let oneself go

open up

renounce

abdicate

deposition

drop

submit

adjourn

defer

postpone

procrastinate

put off

shelve

walk back

give in

pull back

push back

recoil

resist

set back

quail

vail

waver

beat it

decamp

fade

fade away

forfeit

go

go around

make off

perish

push off

scarper

slink

vanish

waste

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋɛi̯kə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wiken, from Old Dutch *wīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.