kijk Dutch · revision 37178

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /kɛi̯k/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''kijk''' ''m'' (plural (nonstandard) kijken, diminutive kijkje n)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun formed from the stem of the verb [[kijken]], whose own origin is unknown.^(ANW)^(Wiktionary)^(WNT)^(EWN) Its diminutive is [[kijkje]].^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Dutch lent the noun to [[fy|kyk|t=insight]].^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The oldest quotation in the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal is from 1615 and has the diminutive: ''Ick was flus om een kijckje'', “I had just gone for a look”, along a footpath by the Amstel dike.^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun first meant the act of looking: an East Flemish phrase is ''op de kijk staan'', to stand watching, and ''iemand op de kijk zetten'' was to set someone on the lookout.^(WNT) It also meant a single look, a glance, and figuratively a prospect: ''daar is geen kijk op'' “there is no chance of it” is quoted from 1810.^(WNT)

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+ The sense “insight, view” grew from phrases such as ''een kijk hebben op iets'' (1839) and ''iemand een kijk geven op iets'' (1901), and it is the main sense in modern dictionaries.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014) ''Te kijk'' “on show, open to view”, often with a suggestion of public mockery, is quoted from 1836, of a lion shown for money.^(WNT) The diminutive formed phrases of its own: ''iemand op een kijkje nodigen'' (1785) and ''een kijkje nemen'' (1787).^(WNT)

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+ In Amsterdam Jewish slang around 1905, ''kijk hebben'' meant to be popular with girls.^(Van de Kamp 2006)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1615 – The diminutive ''kijkje'' is first recorded.^(WNT)

+ * 1785 – ''Iemand op een kijkje nodigen'' “to invite someone to come and see” is recorded.^(WNT)

+ * 1810 – ''Geen kijk naar'' “no prospect of” is recorded.^(WNT)

+ * 1836 – ''Te kijk'' “on show” is recorded.^(WNT)

+ * 1839 – ''Een kijk hebben op'' “to have an insight into” is recorded.^(WNT)

+ * 1905 – ''Kijk hebben'' “to be successful with girls” appears in Amsterdam Jewish slang.^(Van de Kamp 2006)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|view]], an [[m|en|opinion]]: a way of looking at or understanding something.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(ANW) ''Zij heeft een heel eigen kijk op het onderwijs.'' ''Kijk hebben op iets'' is to be a good judge of it.^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # ''Te kijk'': on [[m|en|show]], open to view, often exposed to ridicule: ''De oude kaarten liggen in het museum te kijk.''^(WNT)

+ # ''(diminutive)'' ''Kijkje'': a quick look: ''Zullen we even een kijkje nemen in de tuin?''^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[kijkje]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[kijken]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The plural ''kijken'' is nonstandard.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}