zeef

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeːf/

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• Hyphenation: zeef
• Rhymes: -eːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch seve, sef, from Old Dutch *sivi, *sif, from Proto-West Germanic *sibi.

Noun

zeef f (plural zeven, diminutive zeefje n)

1. screen, sieve

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sif
• Negerhollands: siev
• → Caribbean Javanese: séf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zeef

1. inflection of zeven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative