ijs

From Middle Dutch ijs, from Old Dutch *īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą.

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: ijs
• Homophones: eis, Eys
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

ijs n (uncountable, diminutive ijsje n)

1. ice (frozen liquid, notably water)

   Er staat ijs op de vijver.

   There is ice on the pond.

2. ice cream

   Ik lust wel wat ijs.

   I’d like some ice cream.

• Afrikaans: ys
• Petjo: es
• → Caribbean Javanese: ès
• → Indonesian: es
• → Papiamentu: eis
• → Sranan Tongo: èisi, hèisi
  • → Aukan: eisi
  • → Saramaccan: eísí

From Old Dutch *īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs.

ijs n

1. ice

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• ys

• Dutch: ijs
  • Afrikaans: ys
  • Petjo: es
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ès
  • → Indonesian: es
  • → Papiamentu: eis
  • → Sranan Tongo: èisi, hèisi
    • → Aukan: eisi
    • → Saramaccan: eísí
• Limburgish: ies

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

ijs (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)