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ebben
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See also: Ebben
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ebben, from Old Dutch *ebbon, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn.
Verb
ebben
- (intransitive) to ebb, to recede (especially of tides)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From older eben, from Middle Dutch ebeen, from Latin hebenus.
Noun
ebben n (uncountable, no diminutive)
- ebony (wood)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Latin ebenus, probably borrowed through Old French.
Adjective
ebben (not comparable)
- ebony (made of ebony wood)
- Synonym: ebbenhouten
Declension
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ebben; see Ebbe.
Pronunciation
Verb
ebben (weak, third-person singular present ebbt, past tense ebbte, past participle geebbt, auxiliary haben)
- to ebb
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abebben
- verebben
- zurückebben
Further reading
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Pronoun
ebben
Etymology 2
Noun
ebben
See also
1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ebben. Cognate with English ebb, Dutch ebben, German ebben.
Verb
ebben (past singular ebb, past participle ebbt, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to ebb
Conjugation
Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn; equivalent to ebbe + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
ebben
- To ebb; to recede (of tides)
- (figuratively) To decrease or decline.
Conjugation
1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “ebben, -in, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Swedish
Noun
ebben
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