proeven

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpru.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: proe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch proeven, from Old French prover, from Latin probō. Doublet of proberen.

Verb[edit]

proeven

  1. (transitive) to taste (something)
    Deze vis proeft raar. ― This fish tastes funny.
    Synonym: smaken
  2. (transitive) to test by tasting
    Synonym: testen
  3. (transitive) to experience, taste, try
    Daar, ik proefde hoe de hemel is. ― There, I have tasted what heaven is like.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To (provide) prove (for)
    Synonym: bewijzen
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of proeven (weak)
infinitive proeven
past singular proefde
past participle geproefd
infinitive proeven
gerund proeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular proef proefde
2nd person sing. (jij) proeft proefde
2nd person sing. (u) proeft proefde
2nd person sing. (gij) proeft proefde
3rd person singular proeft proefde
plural proeven proefden
subjunctive sing.1 proeve proefde
subjunctive plur.1 proeven proefden
imperative sing. proef
imperative plur.1 proeft
participles proevend geproefd
1) Archaic.
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Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun[edit]

proeven

  1. Plural form of proef
  2. Plural form of proeve

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French prover, from Latin probō.

Verb[edit]

proeven

  1. to prove, to show
  2. to realise, to see
  3. to test, to inspect
  4. to try, to attempt
  5. to taste

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: proeven
  • Limburgish: preuve, pruueve

Further reading[edit]

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