reven

See also: révén, revén, and réven

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

reven

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of rif

Anagrams

• erven, nerve, veren

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġerēfan, plural of ġerēfa.

Noun

reven

1. plural of reve

Etymology 2

From Old English rēafian, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of robben.

Alternative forms

• ræfenn, ræven, reave, reve, revyn, reeve, reavie, reaven, reavin, reawen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːvən/

Verb

reven

1. To cause someone to lose something:
   1. To steal, or rob; to secretly loot.
   2. To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin.
   3. To grab, take, or confiscate with force or violence.
   4. To lose an ability or knowledge.
2. To ruin or destroy:
   1. To eliminate or terminate; to render unusable.
   2. To kill; to murder or end the life of.
   3. To chop or lop off
3. To take into safety; to recover or liberate.
4. To bring into a euphoric state.

Conjugation

Conjugation of reven (irregular weak)

infinitive	(to) reven
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	reve	reved, raft, reft
2nd person singular	revest	reved, raft, *raftest
3rd person singular	reveþ, reveth	reved, reft, raft
plural	reven	reveden, raften
subjunctive	present	past
singular	reve	reved, raft, reft
plural	reven	reveden, raften
imperative	present
singular	reve
plural	reveþ, reveth
participle	present	past
	revende, revinge	(y)reved, (y)raft, (y)reft

Related terms

• bireven
• reif
• revere
• revyng

Descendants

• English: reave
• Scots: reve, refe, reif

References

• “rēven (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

reven m

1. definite singular of rev (Etymology 1)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reven m

1. definite singular of rev (Etymology 1)

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rèːʋən/

Adjective

rẹ́vən (comparative rẹ́vnejši, superlative nȁjrẹ́vnejši)

1. poor, having no possessions or money

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	réven	révna	révno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	réven ind révni def	révna	révno
genitive	révnega	révne	révnega
dative	révnemu	révni	révnemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	révno	révno
locative	révnem	révni	révnem
instrumental	révnim	révno	révnim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	révna	révni	révni
genitive	révnih	révnih	révnih
dative	révnima	révnima	révnima
accusative	révna	révni	révni
locative	révnih	révnih	révnih
instrumental	révnima	révnima	révnima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	révni	révne	révna
genitive	révnih	révnih	révnih
dative	révnim	révnim	révnim
accusative	révne	révne	révna
locative	révnih	révnih	révnih
instrumental	révnimi	révnimi	révnimi

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Swedish

Noun

reven

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of rev
2. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of rev

Anagrams

• vener