zijn

Etymology 1
From, from. The infinitive along with the words  and  (present indicative and subjunctive) derive ultimately from, which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Dutch from the first-person plural subjunctive, since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Dutch period. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The original infinitive survives in, from , from , from , from , from. All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root.

Finally, the forms and  derive from, from , which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are attested in (Old) English, Frisian and a number of Dutch dialects.

Verb

 * 1)  To be, to exist.
 * 2)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 3)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  To go, to go on a trip and return.
 * 2)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;
 * 1)  to be, to equal, to total, to amount to;

Conjugation

 * Generally, the infinitive, the present participle and the present subjunctive  and  are also used. While the subjunctive is considered archaic, it persists in some fixed expressions such as als ware ("as if [it] were").
 * Zijn has special forms for the pronominal imperatives of and . Thus,  u!,  jullie!, rather than the regular bent u!, zijn jullie!, which are less common. The simple imperative is  in all cases. In Belgium the singular imperative  is also used.

Etymology 2
From, from (originally a reflexive form), from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Ultimately a form of the Proto-Indo-European reflexive pronoun. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.

Determiner

 * 1) Third-person singular, masculine and neuter possessive pronoun: his, its.