jevve
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- jenn
- geve, gevve, genn (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German gevan, northern variant of geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛvə/
Verb
jevve (third-person singular present jitt, past tense jov, past participle jejovve or jejevve)
- (Ripuarian) to give
- Der hellije Zint Määtes, dat wor ne jode Mann.
- Dä jov de Kender Kääzjer un stooch se selver an.
- Holy Saint Martin was a good man.
- He gave the children candles and lit them himself.
- (Lines from a popular song for St. Martin's Day)