bedriven

English

Verb

bedriven

  1. past participle of bedrive

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- +‎ driven.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

bedriven

  1. to carry out, to perform
  2. to lead, to regulate
  3. to force, to necessitate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • bedrivere

Descendants
  • Dutch: bedrijven
  • Limburgish: bedrieve

Further reading
  • “bedriven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedriven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Etymology

From be +‎ drîven.

Pronunciation
  • (originally) IPA(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

bedrîven

  1. to drive cattle
    1. to work a piece of land by using cattle
    2. to make use of something with cattle
  2. to practice, to perform a job
  3. to create, to produce
  4. to bribe, to seduce

Declension
Conjugation of bedriven as a class 1 strong verb
Plain Infinitive bedrîven
Full Infinitive (Gerund) tô bedrîvene or tô bedrîvende
Verbal Noun bedrîven or bedrîvent
Participles Imperatives
Present bedrîvende 2nd Person Singular bedrîf
Past bedrēven 2nd Person Plural bedrîvet
Indicative Subjunctive
Present Preterite Present Preterite
1st Person Singular bedrîve bedrêf bedrîve bedrēve
2nd Person Singular bedrîvest or bedrîfst bedrēvest bedrîvest bedrēvest
3rd Person Singular bedrîvet or bedrîft bedrêf bedrîvet bedrēve
Plural bedrîven (bedrîvet?) bedrēven bedrîven bedrēven

Derived terms
  • bedrîf

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of bedriva.

Adjective

bedriven

  1. operated, run, managed

Declension
Inflection of bedriven
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bedriven — —
Neuter singular bedrivet — —
Plural bedrivna — —
Masculine plural3 bedrivne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bedrivne — —
All bedrivna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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