overleven
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈleː.və(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːvən
Verb
overleven
- (transitive, intransitive) to survive (to remain alive)
- Twintig mensen overleefden het ongeluk. ― Twenty people survived the accident.
- Het wordt moeilijk, maar we zullen overleven. ― It will be difficult, but we will survive.
- (transitive) to survive, outlive (to live longer than)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of overleven (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | overleven | |||
| past singular | overleefde | |||
| past participle | overleefd | |||
| infinitive | overleven | |||
| gerund | overleven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | overleef | overleefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | overleeft, overleef2 | overleefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | overleeft | overleefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | overleeft | overleefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | overleeft | overleefde | ||
| plural | overleven | overleefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | overleve | overleefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | overleven | overleefden | ||
| imperative sing. | overleef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | overleeft | |||
| participles | overlevend | overleefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Noun
overleven n (uncountable)
- survival
- Synonym: overleving
- Water is noodzakelijk voor het overleven van alle bekende levensvormen.[1] — Water is necessary for the survival of all known forms of life.
References
- ^ Aarde_(planeet) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl