Noun: suikerij
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | suikerij |
| Pl. | suikerijen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like suikerij
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch sukereye, a folk etymological interpretation of cicoreije, from Old French cicoree, from Late Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion). Doublet of cichorei. Superficially equivalent to suiker (“sugar”) + -ij (“a suffix that forms abstract nouns”).
2. Cognate to English chicory and succory, the latter being a borrowing from the same Middle Dutch source. See: Latin Nouns '
cichōrium', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κιχόριον', English Nouns '
chicory'.
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