lijden

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === lijen (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch liden, from Old Dutch līthan, from Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense developed from “go, travel” via “endure” to “suffer”, under the influence of the originally unrelated noun leed (“sorrow”) and from the verb Middle Dutch leiden, leden, from Old Dutch *lēthen, *lēthon, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, *laiþijan. See the same in German leiden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯də(n)/ Hyphenation: lij‧den Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən Homophone: leiden === Verb === lijden (transitive) to undergo, endure, suffer Synonym: afzien geen twijfel lijden ― to be beyond doubt (literally, “to suffer no doubt”) (intransitive) to suffer [with aan ‘from (a disease)’] Hij lijdt aan leukemie. ― He suffers from leukemia. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ly Negerhollands: lyd, lyden, lijden, leiden === Noun === lijden n (uncountable, no diminutive) suffering Synonyms: leed, lijdenis ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === ijlden, ijlend, lijnde == Middle Dutch == === Verb === lijden alternative spelling of liden