begraven
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch begrāven, from Old Dutch bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną. Equivalent to be- + graven.
Verb
begraven
- (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.
Inflection
Conjugation of begraven (strong class 6, prefixed) | ||||
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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
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
begraven
- (deprecated template usage) past participle of begraven
Inflection
Declension of begraven | ||||
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uninflected | begraven | |||
inflected | begraven | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | begraven | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | begraven | ||
n. sing. | begraven | |||
plural | begraven | |||
definite | begraven | |||
partitive | begravens |
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German begraven, from Old Saxon bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną, equivalent to be- + graven.
Pronunciation
Verb
begraven (third-person singular simple present begraavt, past tense begroov, past participle begraven, auxiliary verb wesen)
- 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
- De dode Katt worr in'n Achtergoorn begraven dörch de hele Familie
Conjugation
Conjugation of begraven (class 6 strong verb)
infinitive | begraven | |
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indicative | 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 | present | — |
singular | begraav | |
plural | begraavt | |
participle | present | past |
begraven | (e)begraven, gebegraven | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch bigravan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną. Equivalent to be- + grāven.
Verb
begrāven
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “begraven (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “begraven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Swedish
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) past participle of begrava
Adjective
begraven
Declension
Inflection of begraven | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | begraven | — | — |
Neuter singular | begravet | — | — |
Plural | begravna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | begravne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | begravne | — | — |
All | begravna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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