altijd Dutch · revision 37188

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1220–1240, Middle Dutch (Aiol, as alle tijt)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈɑl.tɛi̯t/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''altijd'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Middle Dutch and 16th-century Dutch often had ''altijts'', with the adverbial ''-s''.^(EWN)^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|altijt]], at first written separately as [[m|dum|alle tijt]], a compound [[af|nl|al|tijd|t1=every|t2=time]].^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)^(WNT) German has the same formation in [[gmh|alle zīt]] and modern [[de|allzeit]].^(WNT) The form [[m|dum|altijts]], with the adverbial [[-s]], was very common at first and above all in the 16th century; it survives in [[eertijds]].^(EWN)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ ''Alle tijt'' “continually” is first recorded in the Middle Dutch romance ''Aiol'' (1220–1240).^(EWN) The compound ''altijt'' appears in an Antwerp foundation of 1248–1271, by which the parish priest was to name the donor ''altijt'' in the Sunday prayers; the VMNW notes that the sense there is “every time” rather than “for ever”.^(EWN)^(VMNW)^(Van der Sijs 2001)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the start the word had both senses that the dictionaries still separate: continuous duration and repetition.^(WNT)^(VMNW) The States Bible of 1637 still had ''alle tijt'' and ''altijts'' a few times, but mostly ''altijt'', and that form has been preferred in writing since.^(EWN)^(WNT) A weaker sense, “in any case, at any rate”, developed from it.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ The Danish and Norwegian words [[m|da|altid]] and [[m|no|alltid]] come from Dutch or Low German.^(Van der Sijs 2010) The word also passed into Negerhollands (''altied'', ''altit''), Javindo (''altet''), Sranan Tongo (''altèit'') and Petjo, where ''altèt'' means “sure, of course”;^(Van der Sijs 2010)^(Wiktionary) Afrikaans has [[m|af|altyd]].^(Van der Sijs 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1220–1240 – ''Alle tijt'' “continually” in ''Aiol''.^(EWN)

+ * 1248–1271 – ''Altijt'' “every time” in Antwerp.^(VMNW)^(Van der Sijs 2001)

+ * 1491 – The form ''altijts''.^(EWN)

+ * 1528 – ''Altijt'' in 16th-century Dutch.^(EWN)^(WNT)

+ * 1637 – The States Bible uses mostly ''altijt''.^(EWN)^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|always]], at all times, continually: ''Hij is altijd vrolijk.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # Every time, [[m|en|repeatedly]]: ''Ze komt altijd te laat.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # In any case, at any rate: ''Je kunt het altijd nog vragen.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[altijddurend]]

+ * [[altijdgroen]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eertijds]]

+ * [[de|allzeit]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Voor altijd'' and ''eens en voor altijd'' mean “for good”.^(Van Dale 2014) ''Nog altijd'' is “still”.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}