Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɑl.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zal‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ɑlvən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch salven, from Old Dutch salvon, from Proto-West Germanic *salbōn, from Proto-Germanic *salbōną.

Verb

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zalven

  1. (transitive) to anoint
Inflection
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Conjugation of zalven (weak)
infinitive zalven
past singular zalfde
past participle gezalfd
infinitive zalven
gerund zalven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zalf zalfde
2nd person sing. (jij) zalft, zalf2 zalfde
2nd person sing. (u) zalft zalfde
2nd person sing. (gij) zalft zalfde
3rd person singular zalft zalfde
plural zalven zalfden
subjunctive sing.1 zalve zalfde
subjunctive plur.1 zalven zalfden
imperative sing. zalf
imperative plur.1 zalft
participles zalvend gezalfd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: salv

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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zalven

  1. plural of zalf