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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Often related to stijgen (“to rise, ascend”) in the sense of "something pointed." Identical development is found in English sty.
Noun
stijg m (plural stijgen, diminutive stijgje n)
- (pathology) an inflammation of the eyelid, sty
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch stîge. Has been compared to Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line”). If indeed related, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, go, ascend”).
Cognate with Middle Low German stîge (whence German Stiege), Crimean Gothic stega (“twenty”).
Noun
stijg f (uncountable)
- (obsolete) a set of twenty, a score (usually said of eggs)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
stijg
- inflection of stijgen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative