werven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛr.və(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wer‧ven
- Rhymes: -ɛrvən
- Homophone: Werven
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch werven, from Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.
Verb
werven
- to recruit, notably for enlistment or civil employment
- to obtain (money) through soliciting
- Hij hoopt met zijn actie fondsen te werven voor kankeronderzoek. ― With his action he hopes to obtain funds for cancer research.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of werven (strong class 3+7) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | werven | |||
| past singular | wierf | |||
| past participle | geworven | |||
| infinitive | werven | |||
| gerund | werven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | werf | wierf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | werft, werf2 | wierf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | werft | wierf | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | werft | wierft | ||
| 3rd person singular | werft | wierf | ||
| plural | werven | wierven | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | werve | wierve | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | werven | wierven | ||
| imperative sing. | werf | |||
| imperative plur.1 | werft | |||
| participles | wervend | geworven | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
werven
- plural of werf
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban.
Verb
werven
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | werven | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | wervens | ||||||
| dative | wervene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | werve | warf | werve | worve | |||
| 2nd person singular | werfs, werves | worfs, worves | werfs, werves | worves | |||
| 3rd person singular | werft, wervet | warf | werve | worve | |||
| 1st person plural | werven | worven | werven | worven | |||
| 2nd person plural | werft, wervet | worft, worvet | werft, wervet | worvet | |||
| 3rd person plural | werven | worven | werven | worven | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | werf, werve | ||||||
| plural | werft, wervet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | wervende | geworven | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: werven
- Limburgish: wèrve
Further reading
- “werven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “werven (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II