zij

Pron

1. she; third-person singular feminine subjective personal pronoun
2. they; third-person plural subjective pronoun

Noun

side (the side of one's body); flank

Noun

archaic form of zijde (“silk”)

Verb

1. (dated, form-of, formal, present, singular, subjunctive) singular present subjunctive of zijn
2. (dated, form-of, formal, present, singular, subjunctive) singular present subjunctive of wezen
3. (Belgium, form-of, imperative, present, singular) singular present imperative of zijn

Verb

misspelling of zei

zijn

• Verb
• Det

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wezen

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɛi̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: si

Inherited from Old Dutch: siu

In summary

From Middle Dutch sī, from Old Dutch siu, sia, from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz.

Concepts

she

👩

they

silk

side

he

👨

it

🇮🇹

aspect

flank

her

she l

faille

hand

✋

such

those

way

you

I

Synonyms

zijde

ze

kant

flank

hij

👨

zijkant

het

jij

haar

ik

d’r

’r

schuin

Translations

sie

👩

elle

👩

ela

ella

👩

eles

ils

ellos

elles

ella

👩

ea

elas

lei

👩

ona

ellas

loro

Sentences

Zij lopen voor hun hele leven schade op .

They are being damaged for life.

Zij heeft evenveel vrienden als vriendinnen .

She has as many friends as friends.

Zij is verantwoordelijk voor het onderhoud van de vaten .

She is responsible for the maintenance of the drums.

Zij vroeg of dit 'achterhaald? is .

Unfortunately she has left now, but she asked 'is this out of date?'

Zij heeft nooit herexamens gehad .

She has never had re-exams.

Zij heeft prachtige , donkergroene ogen .

She has beautiful, dark green eyes.