blive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blaɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
blive (third-person singular simple present blives, present participle bliving, simple past blove, past participle bliven)
- (intransitive) Alternative form of belive ("to remain").
Adverb
blive (comparative more blive, superlative most blive)
- (obsolete) quickly; forthwith
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 18, page 223:
- “Perdy, ſir knight,” ſaide then th’ enchaunter blive […]
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Anagrams
- Bevil
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German bliven, from Old Saxon bilīƀan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną, cognate with German bleiben (“to remain”). In the sense “to become", it has replaced older vorde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bliːə/, [ˈb̥liːi], (formal) IPA(key): /bliːvə/, [ˈb̥liːʋə], [ˈb̥liːʊ]
Verb
blive (past tense blev, past participle blevet, c bleven, plural and definite singular blevne)
- (copulative) to become (go from one state into another, with a predicative or the preposition til (“to”); the latter is preferred with nouns if a change is implied)
- Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år.
- She became a doctor when she was 25.
- Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned.
- The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.
- Ællingen blev til en svane
- The duckling became a swan
- (auxiliary) to be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice)
- Hunden blev druknet af drengen.
- The dog was drowned by the boy.
- to amount (to total or evaluate)
- Det bliver 10kr.
- It amounts to 10kr.
- (intransitive) remain (to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity)
- Hun blev da de andre gik
- She remained when the others left.
Inflection
present | past | |
---|---|---|
simple | bliver | blev |
perfect | er blevet | var blevet |
passive | blives | — |
participle | blivende | blevet |
imperative | bliv | — |
infinitive | blive | — |
auxiliary verb | være | — |
gerund | bliven | — |
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- bli
Etymology
From Danish blive, from Middle Low German bliven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.
Verb
blive (present tense bliver, past tense blev or bleiv, past participle blitt, present participle blivende, imperative bliv)
- to drown
- Synonym: drukne
References
- “blive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- bliva (a infinitive)
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian blífa, from Middle Low German bliven, from ultimately Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.
Verb
blive (present tense bliv, past tense bleiv, supine blive, past participle bliven, present participle blivande, imperative bliv)
- (intransitive) to drown
- Synonym: drukne
- han gjekk gjennom isen og bleiv
References
- “blive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.