erven

erven

1. plural of erf

• Verne, nerve, never

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: er‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

From Middle Dutch erven, from Proto-West Germanic *arbijan, from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną, denominative from *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“change allegiance or status or ownership”). Equivalent to erf +‎ -en.

erven

1. (transitive) to inherit

• Colloquially, the past tense ierf and the past participle georven are sometimes heard, analogous to the strong conjugation of verb sterven. This is, however, widely considered non-standard.

• Negerhollands: erv
• → Papiamentu: erf (dated)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

erven

1. plural of erf

• nerve, reven, veren

From Proto-West Germanic *arbijan, from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną, denominative from *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“change allegiance or status or ownership”). Equivalent to erve +‎ -en.

erven

1. to bequeath
2. to grant, to assign (ownership of)
3. to grant a place/parcel to, to take in
4. to inherit
5. to be inherited, to be granted through inheritance
6. to be in charge, act as an owner

• Dutch: erven
• Limburgish: èrve

• “erven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “erven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN