zeven

Dutch

Etymology 1

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Cardinal: zeven     Ordinal: zevende

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/, (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈzøː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

Numeral

zeven

1. seven

   Deze winkel is zeven dagen per week open. ― This shop is open seven days a week.

   Ik werd iets na zevenen wakker. ― I woke up just after seven.

   Ze beklommen de berg met zijn zevenen. ― The seven of them climbed the mountain together.

Alternative forms

• zeuven

Derived terms

• zeven even
• zeven zeeën
• zevenhoek
• zevenling
• zevenmaal
• zevenmijlslaars
• zevenslaper
• zevenvoud
• zevenvoudig
• zevenwerf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sewe
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sewn
• Javindo: seven
• Jersey Dutch: zœve, zûve
• Negerhollands: seven, seeven
• Sranan Tongo: seibi, seben, seebien, zeven
  • Aukan: seibin
  • Saramaccan: sebèn
• → Trió: seihpë

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sēven. Equivalent to zeef +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

Verb

zeven

1. to sift, sieve, strain

   Synonyms: ziften, filtreren

Conjugation

Conjugation of zeven (weak)
infinitive	zeven
past singular	zeefde
past participle	gezeefd
infinitive	zeven
gerund	zeven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	zeef	zeefde
2nd person sing. (jij)	zeeft, zeef2	zeefde
2nd person sing. (u)	zeeft	zeefde
2nd person sing. (gij)	zeeft	zeefde
3rd person singular	zeeft	zeefde
plural	zeven	zeefden
subjunctive sing.1	zeve	zeefde
subjunctive plur.1	zeven	zeefden
imperative sing.	zeef
imperative plur.1	zeeft
participles	zevend	gezeefd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sif
• Negerhollands: siev

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

Noun

zeven

1. plural of zeef

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : zeven

Etymology

From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun. Cognates include English seven and Scots seiven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛvən/

Numeral

zeven

1. seven

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16 & 81

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Numeral

zeven

1. seven