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).

Verb

begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past and past participle begraved)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

begrave

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of begraven

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Presumably from be- + grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava

Verb

begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)

  1. to bury
    begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet

Derived terms

References


West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/

Verb

begrave

  1. to bury

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive begrave
3rd singular past begroef
past participle begroeven
infinitive begrave
long infinitive begraven
gerund begraven n
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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