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Forms

iedereen (genitive iedereens)[1]

Etymology

It is a compound from Dutch ieder (“each”) + een (“one”), formed in the early 17th century, like elkeen, formed from elk and the same numeral.[2][3][4] The phrase ⟨een ieder⟩ “each one” was usual at the same time and is still used.[2][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is from 1602, yedereen van onsluyden, “each one of us”, followed in 1610 by yeder een, die is in Konst leergierigh, “everyone who is eager to learn in the art”.[2] The WNT's earliest quotation is from 1614, and Van der Sijs gives 1636.[4][6]

Semantic evolution

Iedereen began as a strengthened form of ieder and became the everyday word for “everybody”, beside the more formal een ieder.[4][2] The saying jij bent iedereen niet, “you are not just anybody”, is recorded in 1782.[4][7] Negerhollands took the word over as idereen.[8]

Timeline

  • 1602 – Yedereen is first recorded.[2]
  • 1614 – Earliest quotation in the WNT.[4]
  • 1782 – Gy zyt yder een niet “you are not just anyone”.[4]

Meanings

Pronoun

  1. everyone, every person: Iedereen mag meedoen.[7][1][9]
  • ieder
  • elkeen

Usage notes

Alles en iedereen means “absolutely everybody and everything”.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; Sijs, Nicoline van der (2003–2009), Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands, 4 vols., Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press; online via etymologiebank.nl
  3. ^ Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek (2009–), Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, Leiden; anw.ivdnt.org
  4. ^ a b c d e f Vries, Matthias de; Winkel, L. A. te, et al. (1882–1998), Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, 29 vols., 's-Gravenhage / Leiden: Nijhoff / Sijthoff / SDU; supplement 2001; gtb.ivdnt.org
  5. ^ Franck, Johannes; Wijk, Nicolaas van (1912), Franck's Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, 2nd ed., 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff
  6. ^ Sijs, Nicoline van der (2001), Chronologisch woordenboek: de ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen, Amsterdam / Antwerpen: Veen
  7. ^ a b c Van Dale Groot woordenboek hedendaags Nederlands (2014), Utrecht / Antwerpen: Van Dale Uitgevers
  8. ^ Sijs, Nicoline van der (2010), Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd, Den Haag: Sdu; with additions from the Uitleenwoordenbank (2015)
  9. ^ WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary), nl.wiktionary.org