wijl

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛi̯l/
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  • Hyphenation: wijl
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wile (“while”), Old Dutch *wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu.

Cognate with English while, Low German Wiel, German Weile.

Noun

wijl f (plural wijlen, diminutive wijltje n)

  1. a short period; a while

Conjunction

wijl

  1. when
  2. while (time aspect)
  3. while (contradiction)
  4. (archaic) because
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Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wile, wijle, from Latin vela, plural of velum (“curtain, covering, veil”).

Alternative forms

Noun

wijl f (plural wijlen, diminutive wijltje n)

  1. veil for women
  2. (figuratively) something that veils
Synonyms
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