begrave
English
Etymology
From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- + grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)
- to bury
- begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet
Derived terms
References
- “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/
Inflection
Strong class 6 | ||||
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infinitive | begrave | |||
3rd singular past | begroef | |||
past participle | begroeven | |||
infinitive | begrave | |||
long infinitive | begraven | |||
gerund | begraven n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | begraaf | begroef | ||
2nd singular | begraafst | begroefst | ||
3rd singular | begraaft | begroef | ||
plural | begrave | begroefen | ||
imperative | begraaf | |||
participles | begravend | begroeven |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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