droeven

See also: dröven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch droeven, from Old Dutch druoven, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdruvə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: droe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Verb

droeven

  1. (ergative, dated) to be sad, to sadden

Inflection

Inflection of droeven (weak)
infinitive droeven
past singular droefde
past participle gedroefd
infinitive droeven
gerund droeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular droefdroefde
2nd person sing. (jij) droeftdroefde
2nd person sing. (u) droeftdroefde
2nd person sing. (gij) droeftdroefde
3rd person singular droeftdroefde
plural droevendroefden
subjunctive sing.1 droevedroefde
subjunctive plur.1 droevendroefden
imperative sing. droef
imperative plur.1 droeft
participles droevendgedroefd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch druoven, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną.

Verb

droeven

  1. to be sad, to mourn

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive droeven
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive droeven
In genitive droevens
In dative droevene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular droeve —
2nd singular droefs, droeves —
3rd singular droeft, droevet —
1st plural droeven —
2nd plural droeft, droevet —
3rd plural droeven —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular droeve —
2nd singular droefs, droeves —
3rd singular droeve —
1st plural droeven —
2nd plural droeft, droevet —
3rd plural droeven —
Imperative Present
Singular droef, droeve
Plural droeft, droevet
Present Past
Participle droevende —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: droeven
  • Limburgish: dreuve, druueve

Further reading

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