leven

See also: lévén, lęven, and Leven

English

Etymology 1

See levin.

Noun

leven

  1. (obsolete) lightning
    • Chaucer
      Wild thunder dint and fiery leven.

Etymology 2

See leaven

Verb

leven (third-person singular simple present levens, present participle levening, simple past and past participle levened)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of leaven

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for leven in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈleːvə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -eːvən
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leven, from Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

leven

  1. (intransitive) to live
Inflection
Inflection of leven (weak)
infinitive leven
past singular leefde
past participle geleefd
infinitive leven
gerund leven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular leefleefde
2nd person sing. (jij) leeftleefde
2nd person sing. (u) leeftleefde
2nd person sing. (gij) leeftleefde
3rd person singular leeftleefde
plural levenleefden
subjunctive sing.1 leveleefde
subjunctive plur.1 levenleefden
imperative sing. leef
imperative plur.1 leeft
participles levendgeleefd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven.

Noun

leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)

  1. life
Derived terms
Descendants

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

lēven

  1. to live, to be alive
  2. to live one's life
  3. to live, to dwell

Inflection
Weak
Infinitive lēven
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive lēven
In genitive lēvens
In dative lēvene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular lēve —
2nd singular lēefs, lēves —
3rd singular lēeft, lēvet —
1st plural lēven —
2nd plural lēeft, lēvet —
3rd plural lēven —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular lēve —
2nd singular lēefs, lēves —
3rd singular lēve —
1st plural lēven —
2nd plural lēeft, lēvet —
3rd plural lēven —
Imperative Present
Singular lēef, lēve
Plural lēeft, lēvet
Present Past
Participle lēvende —

Descendants

Further reading
  • “leven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “leven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon libbian, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Pronunciation
  • Stem vowel: ē²
    • (originally) IPA(key): /lɪɛvən/

Verb

leven

  1. to live

Conjugation
Conjugation of leven as a weak verb
Plain Infinitive lēven
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô lēvene or tô lēvende
Verbal Noun lēven or lēvent
Participles Imperatives
Present lēvende 2nd Person Singular lēve
Past gelēvet 2nd Person Plural lēvet
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular lēve lēvede lēve lēvede
2nd Person Singular lēvest lēvedest lēvest lēvedest
3rd Person Singular lēvet lēvede lēvet lēvede
Plural lēven (lēvet?) lēveden lēven lēveden

Descendants

Scots

Noun

leven

  1. A lawn; an open space between woods[1]
    • Scott, Minstrelsy; the ballad "Thomas the Rhymer"
      lily leven (a lawn overspread with lilies or flowers)

Spanish

Verb

leven

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of levar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of levar.
  3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of levar.

Swedish

Noun

leven

  1. definite singular of lev

References
  1. John Jamieson's Dict., p.327 (Abridged, 1867)
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