doven

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn (“dead”).

Adjective

doven

1. lazy (unwilling to work)
2. stale (of beverages)

Inflection

Inflection of doven
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	doven	dovnere	dovnest2
Indefinite neuter singular	dovent	dovnere	dovnest2
Plural	dovne	dovnere	dovnest2
Definite attributive1	dovne	dovnere	dovneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “doven” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːvə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -oːvən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dôven, from Old Dutch *dōven, from Proto-Germanic *daubijaną.

Verb

doven

1. (ergative) to extinguish

Inflection

Conjugation of doven (weak)
infinitive	doven
past singular	doofde
past participle	gedoofd
infinitive	doven
gerund	doven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	doof	doofde
2nd person sing. (jij)	dooft, doof2	doofde
2nd person sing. (u)	dooft	doofde
2nd person sing. (gij)	dooft	doofde
3rd person singular	dooft	doofde
plural	doven	doofden
subjunctive sing.1	dove	doofde
subjunctive plur.1	doven	doofden
imperative sing.	doof
imperative plur.1	dooft
participles	dovend	gedoofd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• uitdoven
• verdoven

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

doven

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of dove

Anagrams

• vonde

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn (“dead”).

Adjective

doven (neuter singular dovent, definite singular and plural dovne, comparative dovnere, indefinite superlative dovnest, definite superlative dovneste)

1. lazy (unwilling to work)
2. flat (e.g. beer)
3. numb (limbs)

Derived terms

• dovendyr

References

• “doven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn (“dead”).

Adjective

doven (neuter singular dove or dovent, definite singular and plural dovne, comparative dovnare, indefinite superlative dovnast, definite superlative dovnaste)

1. lazy (unwilling to work)
2. flat (e.g. beer)
3. numb (limbs)

Derived terms

• dovendyr

References

• “doven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.