begrave
English
Etymology
From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- + grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).
Verb
begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begraven)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
- (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
begrave
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of begraven
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Presumably from be- + grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava
Verb
begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)
- to bury
- begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet
Derived terms
- begravelse
References
- “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/
Verb
begrave
- to bury
Inflection
| Strong class 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begrave | |||
| 3rd singular past | begroef | |||
| past participle | begroeven | |||
| infinitive | begrave | |||
| long infinitive | begraven | |||
| gerund | begraven n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | begraaf | begroef | ||
| 2nd singular | begraafst | begroefst | ||
| 3rd singular | begraaft | begroef | ||
| plural | begrave | begroefen | ||
| imperative | begraaf | |||
| participles | begravend | begroeven | ||
Derived terms
- begraafplak
Further reading
- “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011