tijgen

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛi̯ɣə(n)/
• Hyphenation: tij‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ɣən

From Middle Dutch tiën, from Old Dutch *tīan, from Proto-West Germanic *tīhan, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).

tijgen

1. (obsolete, transitive) to accuse

From Middle Dutch tien, from Old Dutch tian, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”).

tijgen

1. (dated, transitive) to go

   De vogelaars togen naar de plaats waar de oehoe was gespot. ― The birders went to the place where the eagle-owl had been spotted.

2. (obsolete, transitive) to pull

• The sense "to go" is still encountered, albeit generally in the past tense - the present tense is significantly more rare - and almost always in written media. It is rarely if ever heard in spoken language.

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “TIJGEN^I”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “TIJGEN^II”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001