begrave

English

Etymology

From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- +‎ grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

begrave

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of begraven

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Presumably from be- +‎ grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava

Verb

begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)

1. to bury

   begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet

Derived terms

• begravelse

References

• “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/

Verb

begrave

1. to bury

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive	begrave
3rd singular past	begroef
past participle	begroeven
infinitive	begrave
long infinitive	begraven
gerund	begraven n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	begraaf	begroef
2nd singular	begraafst	begroefst
3rd singular	begraaft	begroef
plural	begrave	begroefen
imperative	begraaf
participles	begravend	begroeven

Derived terms

• begraafplak

Further reading

• “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011