droeven

See also: dröven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch droeven, from Old Dutch druoven, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną. Equivalent to droef (“sad”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdruvə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: droe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Verb

droeven

  1. (ergative, dated) to be sad, to sadden

Conjugation

Conjugation of droeven (weak)
infinitive droeven
past singular droefde
past participle gedroefd
infinitive droeven
gerund droeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular droef droefde
2nd person sing. (jij) droeft, droef2 droefde
2nd person sing. (u) droeft droefde
2nd person sing. (gij) droeft droefde
3rd person singular droeft droefde
plural droeven droefden
subjunctive sing.1 droeve droefde
subjunctive plur.1 droeven droefden
imperative sing. droef
imperative plur.1 droeft
participles droevend gedroefd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch druoven, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną.

Verb

droeven

  1. to be sad, to mourn

Inflection

Conjugation of droeven (weak)
infinitive base form droeven
genitive droevens
dative droevene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular droeve — droeve —
2nd person singular droefs, droeves — droefs, droeves —
3rd person singular droeft, droevet — droeve —
1st person plural droeven — droeven —
2nd person plural droeft, droevet — droeft, droevet —
3rd person plural droeven — droeven —
imperative
singular droef, droeve
plural droeft, droevet
present past
participle droevende —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: droeven
  • Limburgish: dreuve, druueve

Further reading

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