zeven

Dutch

Etymology 1
Dutch numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  →
    Cardinal: zeven
    Ordinal: zevende

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/, /ˈzøː.və(n)/
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ven
  • Rhymes: -eːvən

Numeral

zeven

  1. seven
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sewe
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sewn
  • Javindo: seven
  • Jersey Dutch: zœve, zûve
  • Negerhollands: seven, seeven
  • Sranan Tongo: seibi, seben, seebien, zeven
    • Aukan: seibin
    • Saramaccan: sebèn
  • → Trió: seihpë

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sēven. Equivalent to zeef +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ven
  • Rhymes: -eːvən

Verb

zeven

  1. to sift, sieve, strain
    Synonyms: ziften, filtreren
Inflection
Inflection of zeven (weak)
infinitive zeven
past singular zeefde
past participle gezeefd
infinitive zeven
gerund zeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeefzeefde
2nd person sing. (jij) zeeftzeefde
2nd person sing. (u) zeeftzeefde
2nd person sing. (gij) zeeftzeefde
3rd person singular zeeftzeefde
plural zevenzeefden
subjunctive sing.1 zevezeefde
subjunctive plur.1 zevenzeefden
imperative sing. zeef
imperative plur.1 zeeft
participles zevendgezeefd
1) Archaic.
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sif
  • Negerhollands: siev

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ven
  • Rhymes: -eːvən

Noun

zeven

  1. Plural form of zeef

Yola
Yola cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  >
    Cardinal : zeven

Etymology

From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun. Cognates include English seven and Scots seiven.

Numeral

zeven

  1. seven

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 16 & 81

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Numeral

zeven

  1. seven
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