proeven

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpru.və(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: proe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch proeven, from Old French prover, from Latin probō. Doublet of proberen.

Verb

proeven

  1. (transitive) to taste (something)
    Deze vis proeft raar.This fish tastes funny.
    Synonym: smaken
  2. (transitive) to test by tasting
    Synonym: testen
  3. (transitive) to experience, taste, try
    Daar, ik proefde hoe de hemel is.There, I have tasted what heaven is like.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To (provide) prove (for)
    Synonym: bewijzen
Inflection
Conjugation of proeven (weak)
infinitive proeven
past singular proefde
past participle geproefd
infinitive proeven
gerund proeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular proef proefde
2nd person sing. (jij) proeft, proef2 proefde
2nd person sing. (u) proeft proefde
2nd person sing. (gij) proeft proefde
3rd person singular proeft proefde
plural proeven proefden
subjunctive sing.1 proeve proefde
subjunctive plur.1 proeven proefden
imperative sing. proef
imperative plur.1 proeft
participles proevend geproefd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: proev, pruf, pruev
  • Papiamentu: pruf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

proeven

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of proef
  2. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of proeve

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French prover, from Latin probō.

Verb

proeven

  1. to prove, to show
  2. to realise, to see
  3. to test, to inspect
  4. to try, to attempt
  5. to taste

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading