rijk – Dutch noun declension

Noun: rijk
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Sg.	rijk
Pl.	rijken

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like rijk

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

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”). See: Irish Nouns 'rí'.

Verbs referencing "rijk"

English Nouns rich, Swedish Nouns rike, German Nouns Reich.

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