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English
Etymology
From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name.
Verb
neven (third-person singular simple present nevens, present participle nevening, simple past and past participle nevened)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
- (obsolete, transitive) To appoint; nominate.
- (obsolete, transitive) To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
- (UK dialectal, transitive) To utter; mention the name of.
1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To say; speak.
Derived terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
neven
- third-person plural present indicative of nevar
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch nēven. Represents a contraction (corresponding to modern in even) originally meaning "on level ground"; cognate with German neben.
Preposition
neven (archaic)
- beside, next to
- in addition to
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
neven
- plural of neef
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
neven
- inflection of nevar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
neven m
- definite singular of neve
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
neven m
- definite singular of neve
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Noun
nèven m (Cyrillic spelling нѐвен)
- marigold
Declension
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Adjective
neven (Cyrillic spelling невен)
- everlasting
Declension
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West Frisian
Noun
neven
- plural of neef