klieven

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kliovan, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-. Cognate with English cleave, German klieben, Swedish klyva.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ivən

Verb

klieven

1. to cut through (waves)
2. to cleave, to cut

Conjugation

Conjugation of klieven (strong class 2)

infinitive	klieven
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	klief	kloof
2nd person singular	klieft	kloof
2nd person sing. (gij)	klieft	klooft
3rd person singular	klieft	kloof
plural	klieven	kloven
subjunctive sing.1	klieve	klove
subjunctive plur.1	klieven	kloven
imperative sing.	klief
imperative plur.1	klieft
participles	klievend	(hebben) gekloven
1)Archaic.

Synonyms

• (to cleave): kloven

Related terms

• kloof