lęven

See also: leven, lévén, and Leven

German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) lewen, lewe

Etymology

From Middle Low German lēven, from Old Saxon libbian, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛːvən]

Verb

lęven

1. (in some dialects, especially Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian) to live

Related terms

• lęvend