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begraven

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈɣraːvə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧gra‧ven
  • Rhymes: -aːvən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch begrāven, from Old Dutch bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ graven.

Verb

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begraven

  1. (transitive) to bury
    De hond begroef zijn bot net waar zijn voorganger begraven was.
    The dog buried his bone precisely where his predecessor was buried.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of begraven (strong class 6, prefixed)
infinitive begraven
past singular begroef
past participle begraven
infinitive begraven
gerund begraven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular begraaf begroef
2nd person sing. (jij) begraaft, begraaf2 begroef
2nd person sing. (u) begraaft begroef
2nd person sing. (gij) begraaft begroeft
3rd person singular begraaft begroef
plural begraven begroeven
subjunctive sing.1 begrave begroeve
subjunctive plur.1 begraven begroeven
imperative sing. begraaf
imperative plur.1 begraaft
participles begravend begraven
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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begraven

  1. past participle of begraven
Declension
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Declension of begraven
uninflected begraven
inflected begraven
positive
predicative/adverbial begraven
indefinite m./f. sing. begraven
n. sing. begraven
plural begraven
definite begraven
partitive begravens

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German begraven, from Old Saxon bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną, equivalent to be- +‎ graven.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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begraven (third-person singular simple present begraavt, past tense begroov, past participle begraven, auxiliary verb wesen)

  1. to bury
    De dode Katt worr in'n Achtergoorn begraven dörch de hele Familie
    The dead cat was buried in the back garden by the whole family

Conjugation

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Conjugation of begraven (class 6 strong verb)
infinitive begraven
present preterite
1st person singular begraav begroov
2nd person singular begraavs(t) begroovs(t)
3rd person singular begraav(t) begroov
plural begraavt, begraaven begroven
imperative
singular begraav
plural begraavt
present past
participle begraven (e)begraven, gebegraven

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ grāven.

Verb

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begrāven

  1. to bury
  2. to delimit (land) with a ditch
  3. to fortify

Inflection

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Swedish

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Participle

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begraven

  1. past participle of begrava

Adjective

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begraven

  1. buried, interred
    Här ligger en hund begraven
    There's something fishy here

Declension

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Inflection of begraven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular begraven — —
neuter singular begravet — —
plural begravna — —
masculine plural2 begravne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 begravne — —
all begravna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

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