zoek Dutch · revision 37298

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /zuk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''zoek''' (used only predicatively, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|soec|t=search]] (also feminine [[m|dum|soeke]]) in the phrase ⟨te soeke(n)⟩, the preposition [[te]] with the dative of the noun; the adjective is a shortening of this phrase, later ⟨te zoek⟩.^(De Vries 1971)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(WNT)^(De Vries & De Tollenaere 2004|458) Middle Dutch knew the phrase only in ⟨hem te soeke maken⟩ “to be absent, to be slow with an answer”; the form with ⟨n⟩ may also be the infinitive.^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(De Vries 1971) The noun is the same as [[gmh|suoch]] and is made from the verb [[m|dum|soeken]], modern [[zoeken]], which is [[m|odt|suokan]], [[gem-pro|*sōkijaną]].^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(WNT)^(EWN) Frisian has the same phrase, [[m|fy|to siik]].^(De Vries 1971)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)

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+ The modern ⟨z⟩ instead of ⟨s⟩ is due to association with the verb.^(De Vries 1971) Van Haeringen compares [[zeilgaan]], from older ⟨te zeyl gaan⟩.^(Van Haeringen 1936)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal's earliest quotation for ''te zoek'' is from 1600, and in 1630 two plans of Amsterdam are said to remain ''t'zoek'', lost.^(WNT) The adverb without ''te'' appears in a farce of 1639, where a landlord asks whether the money is ''soeck'', “gone”.^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th century ''zich te zoek maken'' was a common phrase with several senses: to run off (1612), to hide (1664, glossing Latin ''absentare''), to keep out of something (1623), to evade a question (1625) and to put off doing something (1641); all are now obsolete.^(WNT) ''Iets te zoek maken'' meant to make off with something that belonged to another (1807), and in thieves' cant ''iemand te zoek maken'' was to help someone escape (1800).^(WNT)

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+ Today ''zoek'' is used only predicatively, especially with ''zijn'' and ''raken'', from which the separable verbs [[zoekraken]], [[zoekmaken]] and [[zoekbrengen]] were formed.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary) The noun lives on in ''op zoek'' “searching”, recorded from 1849;^(WNT) Flemish has ''op zoek achter'' (1859) beside ''op zoek naar''.^(WNT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1600 – ''Te zoek'' “missing”.^(WNT)

+ * 1612 – ''Zich te zoek maken'' “to run off”.^(WNT)

+ * 1639 – ''Zoek'' without ''te''.^(WNT)

+ * 1807 – ''Te zoek maken'' “to make away with”.^(WNT)

+ * 1849 – ''Op zoek naar'' “in search of”.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(predicative only)'' [[m|en|lost]], [[m|en|missing]], gone, its whereabouts unknown: ''Mijn telefoon is alweer zoek.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek) ''Dan is het einde zoek'' means that chaos is complete.^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # In ''op zoek'': searching, looking: ''Ze is op zoek naar een nieuwe fiets.''^(WNT)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[zoekbrengen]]

+ * [[zoekmaken]]

+ * [[zoekraken]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[zoeken]]

+ * [[zaak]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}