nerven

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English

Etymology

From nerve +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

Verb

nerven (third-person singular simple present nervens, present participle nervening, simple past and past participle nervened)

  1. (transitive, rare) To innerve.
    • 1944, Magazine Antiques, volume 45, page 261:
      [] if I give them such serving as I can as to money it is impossible for me to raise it as this alarm has stopt all my channels and if I can't get matters on such a footing as to raise my credit again which is entirely knocked down, I must and am nervened to give up.
    • 1964, Explorations in Education, volumes 1-12, page 93:
      Grover was a pilot of nervened skill and the Mustang was an airplane of precise machinery. He always missed the running figures in rubber suits by fifty feet, placing his .50 caliber machine gun bullets harmlessly in rubble and dust.
    • 1987, Jane Sillars, Kasia Boddy, Original prints: new writing from Scottish women, page 39:
      [] Circling like cats
      around a possibility that might,
      nervened, we touch together almost quite.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛrvən

Noun

nerven

  1. plural of nerf

German

Etymology

From Nerv (nerve) via the expression auf die Nerven gehen (to get on (someone's) nerves).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛʁfən/, , , (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛʁvən/ (less common)
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  • Hyphenation: ner‧ven

Verb

nerven (weak, third-person singular present nervt, past tense nervte, past participle genervt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) to annoy, to irritate
    Synonyms: ärgern, stören, belästigen, verärgern, verdrießen, aufregen, (informal) vergrätzen, erregen, krank machen, auf die Nerven gehen, belästigen, verstimmen, quälen, plagen, anzipfen, enervieren, irritieren, reizen, fuchsen
    Es nervt mich.It bugs me.
    Das nervt.This/That is annoying.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • nerven” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nerven” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nerven” in Duden online
  • nerven” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nerven m

  1. definite singular of nerve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nerven m

  1. definite singular of nerve

Swedish

Noun

nerven

  1. definite singular of nerv