bedriven
English edit
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bedriven
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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bedriven
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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Further reading edit
- “bedriven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bedriven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bedrîven
- to drive cattle
- to work a piece of land by using cattle
- to make use of something with cattle
- to practice, to perform a job
- to create, to produce
- to bribe, to seduce
Declension edit
Conjugation of bedriven as a class 1 strong verb
Plain Infinitive | bedrîven | |||
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Full Infinitive (Gerund) | tô bedrîvene or tô bedrîvende | |||
Verbal Noun | bedrîven or bedrîvent | |||
Participles | Imperatives | |||
Present | bedrîvende | 2nd Person Singular | bedrîf | |
Past | bedrēven | 2nd Person Plural | bedrîvet | |
Indicative | Subjunctive | |||
Present | Preterite | Present | Preterite | |
1st Person Singular | bedrîve | bedrêf | bedrîve | bedrēve |
2nd Person Singular | bedrîvest or bedrîfst | bedrēvest | bedrîvest | bedrēvest |
3rd Person Singular | bedrîvet or bedrîft | bedrêf | bedrîvet | bedrēve |
Plural | bedrîven (bedrîvet?) | bedrēven | bedrîven | bedrēven |
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Swedish edit
Participle edit
bedriven
Adjective edit
bedriven
Declension edit
Inflection of bedriven | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bedriven | — | — |
Neuter singular | bedrivet | — | — |
Plural | bedrivna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | bedrivne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bedrivne | — | — |
All | bedrivna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |