suveren

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sūvaron. Equivalent to suver +‎ -en.

Verb

suveren

  1. to clean
  2. to cleanse, to purify
  3. to purge, to remove undesirable things from

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: zuiveren
    • Afrikaans: suiwer
  • Limburgish: zuvere

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French souverain.

Adjective

suveren (neuter singular suverent, definite singular and plural suverene)

  1. sovereign
    en suveren stat - a sovereign state
  2. excellent, superb

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French souverain.

Adjective

suveren (neuter singular suverent, definite singular and plural suverene)

  1. sovereign
    ein suveren stat - a sovereign state
  2. excellent, superb

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suʋěreːn/
  • Hyphenation: su‧ve‧ren

Noun

suvèrēn m (Cyrillic spelling сувѐре̄н)

  1. ruler, sovereign
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǔʋeren/
  • Hyphenation: su‧ve‧ren

Adjective

sùveren (Cyrillic spelling су̀верен, definite sùverenī)

  1. sovereign
Declension