wijk

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) neighborhood
2. (feminine, masculine) district

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of wijken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of wijken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of wijken:

wijken

• Verb
• Noun

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɛi̯k/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wijc

Inherited from Old Dutch: *wīk

Cognate with English: wick

Cognate with German:

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃

Cognate with Old English: wīc

Cognate with Old Norse: vík

In summary

From Middle Dutch wijc, from Old Dutch *wīk, from Proto-West Germanic *wīk, from Latin vīcus (“hamlet, village, neighborhood”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”).
Cognate with English wick, -wich, -wick, German Weich- in dated Weichbild (“municipal area”). Compare Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“village, settlement”) of the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Concepts

district

quarter

neighbourhood

channel

canal

neighborhood

ward

shanty town

informal settlement

squatter settlement

area

part town

borough

city district

shantytown

slum

walk

🚶

part of town

Synonyms

buurt

kwartier

stadswijk

gebied

streek

stadsdeel

vierdeel

Translations

quartier

barrio

Viertel

quartiere

Stadtviertel

Stadtteil

barri

bairro

dzielnica

semt

Quartier

mahalle

civar

Bezirk

Nachbarschaft

Sentences

Al een paar weken wordt die wijk door inbraken geteisterd .

For a few weeks, that neighborhood has been plagued by burglaries.

We verplegen de meeste oude mensen in deze wijk .

We nurse most of the old people in this neighborhood.