proeven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpru.və(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: proe‧ven
- Rhymes: -uvən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch proeven, from Old French prover, from Latin probō. Doublet of proberen.
Verb
proeven
- (transitive) to taste (something)
- Deze vis proeft raar. ― This fish tastes funny.
- Synonym: smaken
- (transitive) to test by tasting
- Synonym: testen
- (transitive) to experience, taste, try
- Daar, ik proefde hoe de hemel is. ― There, I have tasted what heaven is like.
- (obsolete, transitive) To (provide) prove (for)
- Synonym: bewijzen
Inflection
| Inflection of proeven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | proeven | |||
| past singular | proefde | |||
| past participle | geproefd | |||
| infinitive | proeven | |||
| gerund | proeven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | proef | proefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | proeft | proefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | proeft | proefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | proeft | proefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | proeft | proefde | ||
| plural | proeven | proefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | proeve | proefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | proeven | proefden | ||
| imperative sing. | proef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | proeft | |||
| participles | proevend | geproefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Alternative forms
- preuven
- proven
- pruven
Derived terms
- proefsel
- proeveling
- proever
- proeving
- proefbaar
- proefgenot
- proevensgraag
- proeflokaal
- proevenslust
- beproeven
- herproeven
- bierproever
- boterproever
- fijnproever
- metaalproever
- spijsproever
- proevelwijn
- voorproeven
Descendants
- Negerhollands: proev, pruf, pruev
- → Papiamentu: pruf
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
proeven
- Plural form of proef
- Plural form of proeve
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French prover, from Latin probō.
Verb
proeven
- to prove, to show
- to realise, to see
- to test, to inspect
- to try, to attempt
- to taste
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: proeven
- Limburgish: preuve, pruueve
Further reading
- “proeven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “proeven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN