coveren

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cover. Equivalent to cover +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.və.rə(n)/, /ˈkɔ.və.rə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧ve‧ren

Verb

coveren

1. (transitive) to cover, to make a cover version of

Inflection

Conjugation of coveren (weak)
infinitive	coveren
past singular	coverde
past participle	gecoverd
infinitive	coveren
gerund	coveren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	cover	coverde
2nd person sing. (jij)	covert	coverde
2nd person sing. (u)	covert	coverde
2nd person sing. (gij)	covert	coverde
3rd person singular	covert	coverde
plural	coveren	coverden
subjunctive sing.1	covere	coverde
subjunctive plur.1	coveren	coverden
imperative sing.	cover
imperative plur.1	covert
participles	coverend	gecoverd
1) Archaic.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• covren, curen, keveren

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperīre, present active infinitive of cooperiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuv(ə)rən/

Verb

coveren

1. to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of coveren (weak in -ed/-te)

infinitive	(to) coveren, covere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	covere	covered, coverte
2nd-person singular	coverest	coveredest, covertest
3rd-person singular	covereth	covered, coverte
subjunctive singular	covere
imperative singular		—
plural1	coveren, covere	covereden, coverede, coverten, coverte
imperative plural	covereth, covere	—
participles	coverynge, coverende	covered, covert, ycovered, ycovert

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: cover, kiver
• Yola: kiver

References

• “cǒveren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.