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Leven
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Leven
LEVEN.
[See Leaven.]Definition 2025
leven
leven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːvə(n)/
- Rhymes: -eːvən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch leven, from Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Verb
leven
- (intransitive) to live
Inflection
| Inflection of leven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | leven | |||
| past singular | leefde | |||
| past participle | geleefd | |||
| infinitive | leven | |||
| gerund | leven n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | leef | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | leeft | leefde | ||
| plural | leven | leefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | leve | leefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | leven | leefden | ||
| imperative sing. | leef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leeft | |||
| participles | levend | geleefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven.
Noun
leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)
Derived terms
- levensduur
- levenslang
- levenslied
- levensbelang
- levensbeschouwing
- levensjaar
- levensloop
- levensstijl
- levensvorm
Anagrams
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon libbian, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ē²
- (originally) IPA(key): /lɪɛvən/
Verb
leven
- to live
Conjugation
Conjugation of leven as a weak verb
| Plain Infinitive | lēven
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô lēvene or tô lēvende | |||
| Verbal Noun | lēven or lēvent | |||
| Participles | Imperatives | |||
| Present | lēvende | 2nd Person Singular | lēve | |
| Past | gelēvet | 2nd Person Plural | lēvet | |
| Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
| Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
| 1st Person Singular | lēve | lēvede | lēve | lēvede |
| 2nd Person Singular | lēvest | lēvedest | lēvest | lēvedest |
| 3rd Person Singular | lēvet | lēvede | lēvet | lēvede |
| Plural | lēven (lēvetnote) | lēveden | lēven | lēveden |
Related terms
Descendants
- Low German: lęven
Scots
Noun
leven
- A lawn; an open space between woods[1]
- Scott, Minstrelsy; the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer"
- lily leven (a lawn overspread with lilies or flowers)
- Scott, Minstrelsy; the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer"
Swedish
Noun
leven
- definite singular of lev
References
- ↑ John Jamieson's Dict., p.327 (Abridged, 1867)