rijk
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle Dutch rike, rijc, from Old Dutch *rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”), from *rīks, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”).
rijk (comparative rijker, superlative rijkst)
Declension of rijk | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | rijk | |||
inflected | rijke | |||
comparative | rijker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | rijk | rijker | het rijkst het rijkste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rijke | rijkere | rijkste |
n. sing. | rijk | rijker | rijkste | |
plural | rijke | rijkere | rijkste | |
definite | rijke | rijkere | rijkste | |
partitive | rijks | rijkers | — |
From Middle Dutch rike, from Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“realm”), from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”).
rijk n (plural rijken, diminutive rijkje n)
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.