IJ (lowercase ij; Dutch pronunciation: [ɛi] ⓘ; 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.

IJ/ij 是一个二合字母，代表荷兰语书面语言中的双元音（发音为 [ɛɪ]），很少用于简单元音（ [⁠ə⁠] 或 [⁠i⁠] ）。 在文本中，此二合字母表示为连字，因此在句子开头或专有名词词的开头完全用大写字母书写。

2023年11月13日 · The blend “ij” is a fascinating aspect of the Dutch language, deeply embedded in its phonetics and orthography. As a learner, delving into its peculiarities offers a richer understanding and appreciation of Dutch.

2023年5月15日 · Understanding the peculiarities of the Dutch ‘IJ’ digraph and implementing appropriate spacing and kerning rules is crucial to achieve optimal visual harmony and readability.

In Dutch, the combination of i and j constitutes a vowel, which sounds a bit like English 'i' in 'hi': ij. Old typewriters used to have a separate key for the letter ij but on modern keyboards, the Dutch have to type two letters (i and j).

De IJ, of IJ, is een digraaf of ligatuur van de letters i en j. In het Nederlands wordt de ij soms als één letter beschouwd en dan samen met de y de 25e letter van het Nederlandse alfabet gezien.

In Dutch, we have 16 vowel combinations. Some combinations perfectly merge into one new vowel, while the synthesis of other combinations is less perfect (see also Klankeninventaris van het Nederlands). The important thing for you to know is that they are all fixed combinations.

Quite often you will encounter Dutch names that only differ in the use of ‘y’ or ‘ij’. This originated because both the prolonged ‘ii’ (‘ij’) and the ‘y’ sounded the same.

2024年3月18日 · The former long ie-sound in Dutch has turned into "ij" in the West, after Antwerp fell and the Antwerpians fled to the Republic of the Netherlands. But outer regions in the country kept "ie" in their local dialects, or in some areas "i-j".

2001年10月23日 · The Dutch ‘letter’ IJ. 23 October 2001. The Dutch alphabet (equally for the Netherlands and Belgium; there is only one standard language and one alphabet) has 26 letters. The last three are x, y, z. In many Dutch primary schools they are taught as x ij z, and the y, when spelling, is called "Griekse y" (= "Greek y"), but pronounced "Griekse ...