toeven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch toeven, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *tōbjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰ-éie-, see also Sanskrit दिप्सति (dipsati, to deceive). Cognate with Low German töven, Swedish töva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.və(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Verb

toeven

  1. (intransitive) To remain somewhere; to linger, stay.

Inflection

Inflection of toeven (weak)
infinitive toeven
past singular toefde
past participle getoefd
infinitive toeven
gerund toeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular toeftoefde
2nd person sing. (jij) toefttoefde
2nd person sing. (u) toefttoefde
2nd person sing. (gij) toefttoefde
3rd person singular toefttoefde
plural toeventoefden
subjunctive sing.1 toevetoefde
subjunctive plur.1 toeventoefden
imperative sing. toef
imperative plur.1 toeft
participles toevendgetoefd
1) Archaic.

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