leven
English
Etymology 1
See levin.
Noun
leven
Etymology 2
See leaven
Verb
leven (third-person singular simple present levens, present participle levening, simple past and past participle levened)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “leven”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch leven, from Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Verb
leven
- (intransitive) to live
Inflection
| Conjugation of leven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | leven | |||
| past singular | leefde | |||
| past participle | geleefd | |||
| infinitive | leven | |||
| gerund | leven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | leef | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leeft | leefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | leeft | leefde | ||
| plural | leven | leefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | leve | leefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | leven | leefden | ||
| imperative sing. | leef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leeft | |||
| participles | levend | geleefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven.
Noun
leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)
Derived terms
- hondenleven
- levensbelang
- levensbeschouwing
- levensduur
- levenseinde
- levensgevaar
- levensjaar
- levenslang
- levensleugen
- levenslied
- levensloop
- levensstijl
- levensvorm
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lewe
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Verb
lēven
Inflection
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lēven | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | lēven | |
| In genitive | lēvens | |
| In dative | lēvene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | lēve | — |
| 2nd singular | lēefs, lēves | — |
| 3rd singular | lēeft, lēvet | — |
| 1st plural | lēven | — |
| 2nd plural | lēeft, lēvet | — |
| 3rd plural | lēven | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | lēve | — |
| 2nd singular | lēefs, lēves | — |
| 3rd singular | lēve | — |
| 1st plural | lēven | — |
| 2nd plural | lēeft, lēvet | — |
| 3rd plural | lēven | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | lēef, lēve | |
| Plural | lēeft, lēvet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | lēvende | — |
Descendants
Further reading
- “leven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon libbian, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ē²
Verb
leven
- to live
Conjugation
Conjugation of leven as a weak verb
| Plain Infinitive | lēven | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô lēvene or tô lēvende | |||
| Verbal Noun | lēven or lēvent | |||
| Participles | Imperatives | |||
| Present | lēvende | 2nd Person Singular | lēve | |
| Past | gelēvet | 2nd Person Plural | lēvet | |
| Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
| Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
| 1st Person Singular | lēve | lēvede | lēve | lēvede |
| 2nd Person Singular | lēvest | lēvedest | lēvest | lēvedest |
| 3rd Person Singular | lēvet | lēvede | lēvet | lēvede |
| Plural | lēven (lēvet?) | lēveden | lēven | lēveden |
Related terms
Descendants
- Low German: lęven
Scots
Noun
leven
- A lawn; an open space between woods[1]
- Scott, Minstrelsy; the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer"
- lily leven (a lawn overspread with lilies or flowers)
- Scott, Minstrelsy; the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer"
Spanish
Verb
leven
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of levar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of levar.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of levar.
Swedish
Noun
leven
References
- ^ John Jamieson's Dict., p.327 (Abridged, 1867)
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