zeef

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zeːf/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: zeef
  • Rhymes: -eːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch seve, sef, from Old Dutch *sivi, *sif, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi.

Noun

zeef f (plural zeven, diminutive zeefje n)

  1. screen, sieve
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sif
  • Negerhollands: siev
  • → Caribbean Javanese: séf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zeef

  1. inflection of zeven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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