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IJ (lowercase ij; Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; also encountered as Unicode compatibility characters IJ and ij) is a digraph of the letters i and j. Occurring in the Dutch language , it is sometimes considered a ligature , or a letter in itself.
The IJ (Dutch: ⓘ; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam 's waterfront. Etymology
The Dutch alphabet in 1560, still including the long s. The modern Dutch alphabet, used for the Dutch language, consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Depending on how y is used, six (or five) letters are vowels and 20 (or 21) letters are consonants. In some aspects, the digraph ij behaves as a single letter.
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
Dutch (Netherlands) keyboard layout Though it is seldom used (most Dutch keyboards use US International layout), [ 10 ] the Dutch layout uses QWERTY and adds the € sign, the diaeresis ( ̈ ), the German eszett ( ß ), the pilcrow ( ¶ ), the (US) cent sign ( ¢ ), the Greek letter µ (for the micro- sign), the braces ( { }) and the guillemet ...
The IJsselmeer [a] (Dutch: [ˌɛisəlˈmeːr] ... The first two letters of the name are capitalized because IJ is a digraph sometimes considered a ligature in Dutch.
Dutch uses the digraph ij as a single letter and it can be seen in several variations. Here, a marking saying lijnbus ("line/route" + "bus"; the tram lane also serves as bus road). Dutch is written using the Latin script. Dutch uses one additional character beyond the standard alphabet, the digraph ij . It has a relatively high proportion of ...
Rijkens is a Dutch surname. Among variant forms are Rijk, Rijke, Rijken, Rijkes and Rijks, while the ij digraph in Dutch names is often replaced with a "y" abroad. These usually are patronymic surnames ("Rijk's son"), but occasionally may stem from rijk meaning "rich" in Dutch. [1] People with these surnames include: Rijke