English

Verb

blive ‎(third-person singular simple present blives, present participle bliving, simple past blove, past participle bliven)

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of belive ("to remain").

Adverb

blive ‎(comparative more blive, superlative most blive)

1. (obsolete) quickly; forthwith

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II, Canto III, stanza XVIII.

     "Perdy, sir knight,' saide then th' enchaunter blive […]

Danish

Etymology

From borrowing from Middle Low German bliven, from Old Saxon bilīƀan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. {{bor}}

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliːvə/, [ˈb̥liːʋə], [ˈb̥liːw̩] or IPA^(key): /bliː/, [ˈb̥liːˀ]
• (Dialectal Jutlandic) IPA^(key): [ˈblyːʊ̯], [ˈbløːʊ̯], [ˈblœːʊ̯], [ˈbleːʊ̯], [ˈblɛːʊ̯], [ˈblɔːʊ̯], [ˈbliːə̯ʊ̯]

Verb

blive ‎(imperative bliv, infinitive at blive, present tense bliver, past tense blev, perfect tense er blevet)

1. become

   Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år. - She became a doctor when she was 25.

   Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned. - The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.

2. be (used to form the passive voice)

   Hunden blev druknet af drengen. - The dog was drowned by the boy.

3. amount (to total or evaluate)

   Det bliver 10kr. - It amounts to 10kr.

4. remain (to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity)

   Hun blev da de andre gik - She remained when the others left.