vijf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vijf, from Old Dutch *fīf, vīf,, from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛi̯f/
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: vijf
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯f

Numeral
Dutch numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: vijf
    Ordinal: vijfde

vijf

  1. five

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vyf
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: faifu, fefu
  • Javindo: fijf
  • Jersey Dutch: vāif
  • Negerhollands: fyf, fev, veif
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: faif
  • → Aukan: feifi
  • → Trió: peihpë

See also

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fīf, vīf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viːf/

Numeral

vijf

  1. five

Descendants
  • Dutch: vijf
    • Afrikaans: vyf
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: faifu, fefu
    • Javindo: fijf
    • Jersey Dutch: vāif
    • Negerhollands: fyf, fev, veif
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: faif
    • → Aukan: feifi
    • → Trió: peihpë
  • Limburgish: vief

Further reading
  • “vijf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vijf”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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