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leven

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See also: levén, lévén, lęven, Leven, and 'leven

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See levin.

Noun

leven

  1. eleven
  2. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of levin (lightning).

Etymology 2

See leaven

Verb

leven (third-person singular simple present levens, present participle levening, simple past and past participle levened)

  1. Obsolete spelling of leaven.

References

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Anagrams

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Bislama

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  10 11 12  > 
    Cardinal : leven

Etymology

From English eleven.

Numeral

leven

  1. eleven

Danish

Etymology 1

From leve + -en.

Noun

leven c (indeclinable)

  1. existence; life; way of life

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːˀvən/, [ˈleˀʋn̩], [ˈlewˀn̩]

Noun

leven c

  1. definite singular of lev (bread, archaic)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛfən/, [ˈlɛfn̩]

Noun

leven c

  1. definite singular of lev (lev, currency)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːvən/, [ˈleːʋn̩], [ˈlewn̩]
  1. gerund of leve

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leven, from Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

Verb

leven

  1. (intransitive) to live
    Ik wil leven in een stad dicht bij de natuur.I want to live in a city close to nature.
    Ze leeft voor haar kunst.She lives for her art.
    Hij heeft lang geleefd en veel meegemaakt.He has lived a long life and experienced much.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: leef, lewe
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lefu
  • Jersey Dutch: lêve
  • Negerhollands: leev, lif, leven

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven. The literary sense is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta.

Noun

leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)

  1. life (act or duration of living)
    Het leven is vol verrassingen.Life is full of surprises.
    Hij wilde zijn leven wijden aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek.He wanted to dedicate his life to scientific research.
    In mijn vrije tijd geniet ik van het leven.In my free time, I enjoy life.
  2. (literature) life, biography (particularly, but not necessarily a hagiography)
    Synonyms: biografie, levensbeschrijving
    Hyponyms: hagiografie, heiligenleven, vita
    In zijn jonge jaren schreef hij een leven van Petrarca, maar dat is nooit gepubliceerd.In his youth he wrote a life of Petrarch, but that was never published.
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Galician

Verb

leven

  1. inflection of levar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

Verb

lēven

  1. to live, to be alive
  2. to live one's life
  3. to live, to dwell

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Descendants

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

leven

  1. to leave
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present tense ...

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Verb

leven

  1. alternative form of lyven

Etymology 3

Noun

leven

  1. lightning
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Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon libbian.

Pronunciation

Verb

leven

  1. to live

Conjugation

More information plain infinitive, full infinitive (gerund) ...

Descendants

  • Low German: leven
    • German Low German: lęven, lewen, lewe (in other dialects, including Low Prussian)
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