proeven

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch proeven (13th c.). Ultimately from Latin probāre and hence a doublet of proberen. Probably borrowed from Old French prover, although the umlaut in Middle Low German prö̂ven, northern Middle High German prüeven may also hint at a (regionally restricted) Proto-West Germanic *prōfijan, from Vulgar Latin. In modern Dutch dialects, the vocalism generally coincides with the isogloss for umlaut on long vowels (western proeve(n) vs. Brabantian/Kleverlandish pruve(n), Limburgish preuve). Compare German prüfen.

Verb

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proeven

  1. (transitive) to taste (something), to test or detect by tasting
    Synonyms: smaken, testen
    Dat ziet er lekker uit. Mag ik dat even proeven?That looks tasty. May I taste a bit of it?
  2. (intransitive) to taste, to have a taste
    Synonym: smaken
    Deze vis proeft raar.This fish tastes funny.
  3. (transitive, figurative) to try, experience, find out, feel, taste
    Toen heb ik geproefd hoe het is om echt gelukkig te zijn.During that time I experienced what it means to really be happy.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) to (provide) prove (for)
    Synonym: bewijzen
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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, proef2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: proev, pruf, pruev
  • Papiamentu: pruf

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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proeven

  1. plural of proef
  2. plural of proeve

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French prover, from Latin probō.

Verb

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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

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Descendants

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