zeven

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/, /ˈzøː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

zeven

1. seven

• zeuven

• Afrikaans: sewe
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sewn
• Javindo: seven
• Jersey Dutch: zœve, zûve
• Negerhollands: seven, seeven
• Sranan Tongo: seibi, seben, seebien, zeven
  • Aukan: seibin
  • Saramaccan: sebèn
• → Trió: seihpë

From Middle Dutch sēven. Equivalent to zeef +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

zeven

1. to sift, sieve, strain

   Synonyms: ziften, filtreren

• Afrikaans: sif
• Negerhollands: siev

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

zeven

1. plural of zeef

From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun. Cognates include English seven and Scots seiven.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛvən/

zeven

1. seven

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16 & 81

From Middle Dutch sēven, from Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

zeven

1. seven