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English
Verb
bliven
- past participle of blive
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch blīvan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
bliven
- to become
- to stay, to remain
- to die, to perish
- to give birth
Inflection
| Strong class 1
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| Infinitive
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bliven
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| 3rd sg. past
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blêef
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| 3rd pl. past
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blēven
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| Past participle
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geblēven
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| Infinitive
|
bliven
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| In genitive
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blivens
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| In dative
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blivene
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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blive
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blêef
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| 2nd singular
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blijfs, blives
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blēefs, blēves
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| 3rd singular
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blijft, blivet
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blêef
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| 1st plural
|
bliven
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blēven
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| 2nd plural
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blijft, blivet
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blēeft, blēvet
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| 3rd plural
|
bliven
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blēven
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
blive
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blēve
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| 2nd singular
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blijfs, blives
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blēves
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| 3rd singular
|
blive
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blēve
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| 1st plural
|
bliven
|
blēven
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| 2nd plural
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blijft, blivet
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blēvet
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| 3rd plural
|
bliven
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blēven
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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blijf, blive
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| Plural
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blijft, blivet
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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blivende
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geblēven
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Swedish
Participle
bliven
- past participle of bli
Adjective
bliven (not comparable)
- having become
De nyligen blivna föräldrarna bjöds på tårta.- The recently become parents were treated to cake.
Declension
| Inflection of bliven
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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bliven
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—
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—
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| Neuter singular
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blivet
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—
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—
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| Plural
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blivna
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—
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—
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| Masculine plural3
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blivne
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—
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—
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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blivne
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—
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—
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| All
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blivna
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—
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—
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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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Derived terms
Verb
bliven
- inflection of bli:
- (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative
- (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative
Flyn, rädden edra liv, och bliven som torra buskar i öknen.- Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
- (Jeremiah 48:6)
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