overleve

Danish

Etymology

over- +‎ leve, from Old Danish yfirlifæ. Compare German überleben and Latin supervivere.

Verb

overleve (imperative overlev, infinitive at overleve, present tense overlever, past tense overlevede, perfect tense har overlevet)

  1. to survive
  2. to maintain or sustain (life)
  3. to outlive, live longer than (someone else)

Conjugation

Conjugation of overleve
active passive
present overlever
past overlevede
infinitive overleve
imperative overlev
participle
present overlevende
past overlevet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund overleven

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Verb

overleve

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of overleven

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

overleve (imperative overlev, present tense overlever, simple past overlevde, past participle overlevd, present participle overlevende)

  1. to survive

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

overleve (present tense overlever, past tense overlevde, past participle overlevt/overlevd, passive infinitive overlevast, present participle overlevande, imperative overlev)

  1. alternative form of overleva