durven

From Middle Dutch durven. This verb originated from two Middle Dutch verbs:

• durven (“to need”), from Old Dutch thurvan, from Proto-West Germanic *þurban, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.
• durren (“to dare”), from Old Dutch durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏrvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dur‧ven
• Rhymes: -ʏrvən

durven

1. (transitive) to dare (do), to not be afraid (to do)

   Ik durf dat niet.

   I dare not do that.

2. (auxiliary, usually with te) to dare (to), to not be afraid to

   Hij durfde de stap naar een autonoom natuurrecht nog niet te zetten, omdat zoiets zou kunnen impliceren dat God niet zou bestaan.

   He dared not take the step towards an autonomous natural law, because by so doing it could be implied that God should not exist.

• Note: The irregular past tense dorst(en) is archaic.[1]
• Note: The past tense dierf/dierven is common in speech, but proscribed[1]

• aandurven
• durf

• Afrikaans: durf
• Javindo: durref
• Negerhollands: derv, dėfo
• → Papiamentu: dùrf

• verdun, vurend