wijl – Dutch noun declension

Noun: wijl
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	wijl
Pl.	wijlen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like wijl

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 wile (“while”), Old Dutch *wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu.
2. Cognate with English while, Low German Wiel, German Weile. See: English Nouns 'while', German Nouns 'Weile'.

Verbs referencing "wijl"

English Nouns while.

Translations