glaave

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • klaawe (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German gelouben, glouben, from Old High German gilouben, from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan.

Cognate with German glauben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔːvə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːvə
  • Syllabification: glaa‧ve
  • Homophone: Glaave

Verb

glaave

  1. (transitive) to believe (to accept that someone is telling the truth) [with dative]
    Ich glaave deer.
    I believe you.
  2. (transitive) to believe in (to ascribe existence to) [with aan]
    Atëisd glaave net aan Gott.
    Atheists don't believe in God.
  3. (transitive) to believe; to think (to be of the opinion that)
    Ich glaave etwas is net richtich.
    I think something is not right.

Inflection

Regular
infinitive glaave
participle geglaabd
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich glaave
du glaabst glaab
er/sie/es glaabd
meer glaave
deer glaabd glaabd
sie glaave

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

  • unglaablich
  • unglaavich

References

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “glaave”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 68, column 1