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English

Verb

bliven

  1. past participle of blive

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch blīvan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

bliven

  1. to become
  2. to stay, to remain
  3. to die, to perish
  4. to give birth

Inflection

Conjugation of bliven (strong class 1)
infinitive base form bliven
genitive blivens
dative blivene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular blive blêef blive blēve
2nd person singular blijfs, blives blēefs, blēves blijfs, blives blēves
3rd person singular blijft, blivet blêef blive blēve
1st person plural bliven blēven bliven blēven
2nd person plural blijft, blivet blēeft, blēvet blijft, blivet blēvet
3rd person plural bliven blēven bliven blēven
imperative
singular blijf, blive
plural blijft, blivet
present past
participle blivende geblēven

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: blijven
    • Afrikaans: bly
    • Javindo: belijf
    • Jersey Dutch: blāive
    • Negerhollands: bliev, blief, bli
  • Limburgish: blieve
  • Zealandic: bluve

Further reading

Swedish

Participle

bliven

  1. past participle of bli

Adjective

bliven (not comparable)

  1. having become
    De nyligen blivna föräldrarna bjöds på tårta.
    The recently become parents were treated to cake.

Declension

Inflection of bliven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bliven — —
neuter singular blivet — —
plural blivna — —
masculine plural2 blivne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 blivne — —
all blivna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Verb

bliven

  1. inflection of bli:
    1. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative
    2. (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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