wijk

Meaning

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:

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɛi̯k/

Etymology

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.

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.