leven

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən

See levin.

leven

1. eleven
2. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”).

• fifty-leven

See leaven

leven (third-person singular simple present levens, present participle levening, simple past and past participle levened)

1. Obsolete spelling of leaven.

• “leven”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• forty-leven

• Nevel, elven

From English eleven.

leven

1. eleven

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /leːˀvən/, [ˈleˀʋn̩], [ˈlewˀn̩]

leven c

1. definite singular of lev (“bread”, archaic)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /lɛfən/, [ˈlɛfn̩]

leven c

1. definite singular of lev (“lev”, currency)

• IPA^(key): /leːvən/, [ˈleːʋn̩], [ˈlewn̩]

1. gerund of leve

• leeven (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: le‧ven
• Rhymes: -eːvən

From Middle Dutch leven, from Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

leven

1. (intransitive) to live

   Ik wil leven in een stad dicht bij de natuur. ― I want to live in a city close to nature.

   Ze leeft voor haar kunst. ― She lives for her art.

   Hij heeft lang geleefd en veel meegemaakt. ― He has lived a long life and experienced much.

• Afrikaans: leef, lewe
• Berbice Creole Dutch: lefu
• Jersey Dutch: lêve
• Negerhollands: leev, lif, leven

From Middle Dutch leven. Gerund of the verb leven.

leven n (plural levens, diminutive leventje n)

1. life

   Het leven is vol verrassingen. ― Life is full of surprises.

   Hij wilde zijn leven wijden aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek. ― He wanted to dedicate his life to scientific research.

   In mijn vrije tijd geniet ik van het leven. ― In my free time, I enjoy life.

• hondenleven
• levensbelang
• levensbeschouwing
• levensduur
• levenseinde
• levensgevaar
• levensjaar
• levenslang
• levensleugen
• levenslied
• levensloop
• levenslust
• levensstijl
• levensvorm

• Afrikaans: lewe

• nevel

leven

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Old Dutch *libben, *livon, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

lēven

1. to live, to be alive
2. to live one's life
3. to live, to dwell

• Dutch: leven, leeven (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: leef, lewe
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lefu
  • Jersey Dutch: lêve
  • Negerhollands: leev, lif, leven
• Limburgish: laeve

• “leven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English lǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan.

• leaven, lefven

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːvən/

leven

1. to leave

• English: leave
• Scots: leve, leif
• Yola: laave, lea, lee

• “lēven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

leven

1. Alternative form of lyven

leven

1. lightning
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     With wilde thunder dint and fiery leven.

     With wild thunder-bolt and fiery lightning.

From Old Saxon libbian.

• Stem vowel: ē²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /lɪɛvən/

leven

1. to live

• levend/levent

• German Low German: lęven, lewen, lewe (in other dialects, including Low Prussian)

leven

1. A lawn; an open space between woods^[1]
   • 1803, Walter Scott, Thomas the Rhymer:

     lily leven (a lawn overspread with lilies or flowers)

leven

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

leven

1. definite singular of lev
2. indefinite plural of leve