nerver

French

Etymology

From nerf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛʁ.ve/

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Verb

nerver

1. to cord (cover with cords, ropes or strings)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nerver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	nerver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	nervant /nɛʁ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		nervé /nɛʁ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nerve /nɛʁv/	nerves /nɛʁv/	nerve /nɛʁv/	nervons /nɛʁ.vɔ̃/	nervez /nɛʁ.ve/	nervent /nɛʁv/
	imperfect	nervais /nɛʁ.vɛ/	nervais /nɛʁ.vɛ/	nervait /nɛʁ.vɛ/	nervions /nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	nerviez /nɛʁ.vje/	nervaient /nɛʁ.vɛ/
	past historic2	nervai /nɛʁ.ve/	nervas /nɛʁ.va/	nerva /nɛʁ.va/	nervâmes /nɛʁ.vam/	nervâtes /nɛʁ.vat/	nervèrent /nɛʁ.vɛʁ/
	future	nerverai /nɛʁ.və.ʁe/	nerveras /nɛʁ.və.ʁa/	nervera /nɛʁ.və.ʁa/	nerverons /nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/	nerverez /nɛʁ.və.ʁe/	nerveront /nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	nerverais /nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	nerverais /nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	nerverait /nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	nerverions /nɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/	nerveriez /nɛʁ.və.ʁje/	nerveraient /nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	nerve /nɛʁv/	nerves /nɛʁv/	nerve /nɛʁv/	nervions /nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	nerviez /nɛʁ.vje/	nervent /nɛʁv/
	imperfect2	nervasse /nɛʁ.vas/	nervasses /nɛʁ.vas/	nervât /nɛʁ.va/	nervassions /nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/	nervassiez /nɛʁ.va.sje/	nervassent /nɛʁ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nerve /nɛʁv/	—	nervons /nɛʁ.vɔ̃/	nervez /nɛʁ.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “nerver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nerver m

1. indefinite plural of nerve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nerver f

1. (non-standard since 1959) indefinite plural of nerve

Swedish

Noun

nerver

1. indefinite plural of nerv

Anagrams

• Verner