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Definition 2024
rijk
rijk
Dutch
Adjective
rijk (comparative rijker, superlative rijkst)
Inflection
| Inflection of rijk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rijk | |||
| inflected | rijke | |||
| comparative | rijker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rijk | rijker | het rijkst het rijkste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rijke | rijkere | rijkste |
| n. sing. | rijk | rijker | rijkste | |
| plural | rijke | rijkere | rijkste | |
| definite | rijke | rijkere | rijkste | |
| partitive | rijks | rijkers | — | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch rike, from Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“realm”), from Proto-Celtic *rīgiom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”). Cognates include West Frisian ryk, German Reich, obsolete English riche, Danish rige, Swedish rike, Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rēx.
Noun
rijk n (plural rijken, diminutive rijkje n)