zeven
Dutch
Etymology 1
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| Cardinal: zeven Ordinal: zevende | ||
From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/, /ˈzøː.və(n)/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: ze‧ven
- Rhymes: -eːvən
Numeral
zeven
- seven
- Deze winkel is zeven dagen per week open. ― This shop is open seven days a week.
- Ik werd iets na zevenen wakker. ― I woke up just after seven.
- Ze beklommen de berg met zijn zevenen. ― The seven of them climbed the mountain together.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- zeven even
- zeven zeeën
- zevenhoek
- zevenling
- zevenmaal
- zevenmijlslaars
- zevenslaper
- zevenvoud
- zevenvoudig
- zevenwerf
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sewe
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sewn
- Javindo: seven
- Jersey Dutch: zœve, zûve
- Negerhollands: seven, seeven
- Sranan Tongo: seibi, seben, seebien, zeven
- Aukan: seibin
- Saramaccan: sebèn
- → Trió: seihpë
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch sēven. Equivalent to zeef + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: ze‧ven
- Rhymes: -eːvən
Verb
zeven
Conjugation
| Conjugation of zeven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zeven | |||
| past singular | zeefde | |||
| past participle | gezeefd | |||
| infinitive | zeven | |||
| gerund | zeven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zeef | zeefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zeeft, zeef2 | zeefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zeeft | zeefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zeeft | zeefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zeeft | zeefde | ||
| plural | zeven | zeefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zeve | zeefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zeven | zeefden | ||
| imperative sing. | zeef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zeeft | |||
| participles | zevend | gezeefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sif
- Negerhollands: siev
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: ze‧ven
- Rhymes: -eːvən
Noun
zeven
- plural of zeef
Yola
| < 6 | 7 | 8 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : zeven | ||
Etymology
From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun. Cognates include English seven and Scots seiven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛvən/
Numeral
zeven
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16 & 81
Zealandic
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".
Numeral
zeven