mave

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maːvə/, [ˈmæːʋə], [ˈmæːʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aːvə

Etymology 1

From Old Danish maghæ, from Old Norse magi (“stomach”), from Proto-Germanic *magô, cognate with Swedish mage, English maw, German Magen (“stomach”).

Noun

mave c (singular definite maven, plural indefinite maver)

  1. stomach, tummy, belly (the organ processing digestion of food)
  2. abdomen, abdominal cavity (the inner belly)
  3. belly (the lower part of the human body below the chest)
  4. potbelly, paunch (the protruding belly of a pregnant or an overweight person)
Declension
Declension of mave
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mave maven maver maverne
genitive maves mavens mavers mavernes
Derived terms
  • mavesæk
See also

Etymology 2

From the noun mave.

Verb

mave (past tense mavede, past participle mavet)

  1. (reflexive) to bellycrawl
Conjugation
Inflection of mave
present past
simple maver mavede
perfect har mavet havde mavet
passive — —
participle mavende mavet
imperative mav —
infinitive mave —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund maven —

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish mave, which is from Old Norse magi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maː.ve/, [ˈmaː.ʋə]

Noun

mave m (definite singular maven, indefinite plural maver, definite plural mavene)

  1. abdomen, belly, stomach

References

“mave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English mæw.

Noun

mave oblique singular, f (oblique plural maves, nominative singular mave, nominative plural maves)

  1. gull; seagull

Derived terms

References
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