From earlier wijen, from Middle Dutch wiën, from Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. The -d- was inserted in the early modern period due to hypercorrection, the earlier and original form wijen being mistakenly identified as the result of deletion of intervocalic -d- (a very common development visible in e.g. weder/weer, rode/rooie, moeder/moer, and so forth).
wijden
| Conjugation of wijden (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wijden | |||
| past singular | wijdde | |||
| past participle | gewijd | |||
| infinitive | wijden | |||
| gerund | wijden n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | wijd | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wijdt, wijd2 | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| 3rd person singular | wijdt | wijdde | ||
| plural | wijden | wijdden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wijde | wijdde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wijden | wijdden | ||
| imperative sing. | wijd | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wijdt | |||
| participles | wijdend | gewijd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||