derven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch darven, derven, from Old Dutch *tharvon, from Proto-Germanic *þarbōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛrvə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

Verb

derven

1. (transitive, archaic) to lack, want

Inflection

Conjugation of derven (weak)
infinitive	derven
past singular	derfde
past participle	gederfd
infinitive	derven
gerund	derven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	derf	derfde
2nd person sing. (jij)	derft, derf2	derfde
2nd person sing. (u)	derft	derfde
2nd person sing. (gij)	derft	derfde
3rd person singular	derft	derfde
plural	derven	derfden
subjunctive sing.1	derve	derfde
subjunctive plur.1	derven	derfden
imperative sing.	derf
imperative plur.1	derft
participles	dervend	gederfd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdervən/

Verb

derven

1. Alternative form of darven

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English deorfan (“to exert oneself, labor; be in peril, perish, be wrecked”), from Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to swink, labour, perish”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerHbʰ- (“to work, perish, die”). Some senses (transitive) apparently from Old English *dierfan, from Proto-Germanic *darbijaną, causative of the above. Cognate with Dutch bederven, verderven (“to spoil, corrupt, pervert”), Low German verdarven (“to spoil”), German verderben (“to ruin, spoil, corrupt”), Icelandic fordjarfa (“to disgrace”), Lithuanian dìrbti (“to work”).

Verb

derven (third-person singular simple present derveth, present participle dervende, first-/third-person singular past indicative darf, past participle ydorven)

1. (intransitive) To labour.
2. (transitive) To trouble; grieve; hurt; afflict; molest.

Derived terms

• derving

Related terms

• deorrflike
• derf
• ȝedeorf