kerven

From Middle Dutch kerven, from Old Dutch *kervan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.və(n)/
• Hyphenation: ker‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

kerven

1. (intransitive) to cut, gouge out
2. (transitive) to carve (out); (cut a) notch

• → Papiamentu: skèrf

kerven

1. plural of kerf

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From Old Dutch *kervan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.

kerven

1. to carve, to cut out
2. to cut through, to cut into pieces
3. to destroy, to break

• Dutch: kerven

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kerven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• carve, carven, cerven, karven, kerve, kirven, kyrvyn
• ceorfan, ceorfæn, keorven (Early Middle English)

From Old English ċeorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.

The total depalatalization of most forms seems to have arisen from analogy to past plural curven and past participle corven; compare cherven.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrvən/
• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

kerven

1. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
   1. To cut into; to slice (especially meat).
   2. To make surgical incisions or perform surgical operations.
   3. To mince or slice up (slice into bits)
   4. To separate by cutting; to cut apart.
   5. To remove or expel by cutting off or out.
2. To carve; to carve into or in the likeness of.
3. To divide or separate; to split up.
4. To eliminate or destroy; to take away.
5. To go across; to exist across.

• forkerven
• kerf

• English: carve
• Scots: cairve, kerve, kerf, carf

• “kerven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.