mogelijk Dutch · revision 37360

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈmoː.ɣə.lək/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mogelijk''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|mogelijc]], [[af|nl|mogen|-lijk]], formed from the stem of the verb in its old sense “to be able”.^(Wiktionary)^(VMNW)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(ANW) The adverb is Middle Dutch [[m|dum|mogelike]], made with the adverbial ending.^(Wiktionary)^(VMNW) The same formation is [[gml|mogelik]] and [[gmh|mügelich]] (modern [[de|möglich]]).^(MNW)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912) Middle Dutch also had the variants [[m|dum|mogenlijc]] and [[m|dum|mogentlijc]].^(WNT)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Bernardus glossary of 1240, from Limburg, renders Latin ''possibilis'' with ''mogenlec''.^(VMNW)^(Van der Sijs 2001) The adverb ''moghenlike'' “mightily, with power” is found in a West Flemish text of 1285.^(VMNW)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Middle Dutch ''mogelijc'' meant “what can happen”, but also “fitting, reasonable” (1299), “natural, to be expected”, “allowed” and “pleasing, lovely”;^(MNW)^(VMNW) Kiliaan records ''moghelicke spijse'' “tasty food”.^(MNW)^(VMNW) The adverb ''mogelike'' could mean “with power” and “splendidly”, and only later “possibly”.^(MNW) These old senses died out, and the modern adjective keeps “possible” and “conceivable”.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal quotes elliptical uses such as ''zo mogelijk'' “if possible” and ''mogelijk dat'' “it may be that” (1784), the phrase ''alle mogelijke middelen'' (1631) and the exclamation ''hoe is het Gods mogelijk?''^(WNT) The use as an adverb, “perhaps”, is old;^(MNW)^(Van Dale 2014) Kiliaan glosses it with ''machschien''.^(MNW)^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ Danish and Norwegian ''mulig'' and Swedish ''möjlig'' come from Dutch or Low German, and Negerhollands had ''mogelik'' and ''mooglik''.^(Van der Sijs 2010) Afrikaans has [[m|af|moontlik]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1240 – ''Mogenlec'' for ''possibilis'' in the Bernardus glossary.^(VMNW)^(Van der Sijs 2001)

+ * 1285 – The adverb ''moghenlike'' “with power”.^(VMNW)

+ * 1299 – The sense “reasonable, fitting”.^(VMNW)^(MNW)

+ * 1522 – The first quotation in the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal.^(WNT)

+ * 1631 – ''Met alle mogelijke gevoeghlijkheit''.^(WNT)

+ * 1784 – ''Mooglyk dat'' “it may be that”.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|possible]], able to happen or be done: ''Is het mogelijk om morgen te komen?''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Conceivable, that may exist: ''alle mogelijke oplossingen''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|possibly]], [[m|en|perhaps]]: ''Hij komt mogelijk wat later.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[onmogelijk]]

+ * [[mogelijkheid]]

+ * [[mogelijkerwijs]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mogen]]

+ * [[de|möglich]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Hoe is het (godsterwereld) mogelijk?'' is an exclamation of surprise or indignation.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}