gij

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , Northwest Germanic variant of , from. .

Compare also 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  you
 * 2)  thou,
 * 1)  thou,

Usage notes

 * In most of the Netherlands, the personal pronoun and its variants are now mainly used in religious context and are otherwise considered archaic. In Belgium and the southern Netherlands,  is still the go-to second-person singular in colloquial language; in formal written language it is not used unless the referred second person is God or the monarch.
 * The best translation when used in archaic contexts would be ; when used in Belgium or the southern Netherlands, it would typically be a familiar (singular), like tu in French. Unlike in English,  usually takes the same verb form as  except when there is inversion or with some irregular verbs or in the past tense. Compare heb jij dit gedaan? versus hebt gij dit gedaan? (have you / hast thou done this?). Also: jij zal versus gij zult (you shall/will / thou shalt/wilt), jij bent versus gij zijt (you are / thou art), jij vloog versus gij vloogt (you flew / thou flewest) etc.

Noun

 * 1)  faeces; stool; dung

Verb

 * 1) to elect; to choose; to recommend