begraven

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣraːvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧gra‧ven
• Rhymes: -aːvən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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.

Inflection

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	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.

Derived terms

• begraafplaats
• begrafenis

Descendants

• Afrikaans: begrawe, begraaf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

begraven

1. (deprecated template usage) past participle of begraven

Inflection

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

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Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡraːvən/

Verb

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

Conjugation of begraven (class 6 strong verb)

infinitive	begraven
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.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

begrāven

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

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• begrāvinge

Descendants

• Dutch: begraven
  • Afrikaans: begrawe, begraaf
• Limburgish: begrave, begroave

Further reading

• “begraven (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “begraven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) past participle of begrava

Adjective

begraven

1. buried, interred

   här ligger en hund begraven

   there's something strange here

Declension

Inflection of begraven
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

Synonyms

• begravd
• gravsatt

Anagrams

• begravne