bederven

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch bederven; see there for further etymology. Unrelated to derven, but related to verderven.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈdɛrvə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧der‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ɛrvən

Verb

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bederven

  1. (ergative) to spoil, to go off, to go bad
  2. (transitive) to make worse
  3. (transitive) to indulge, spoil

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bederven (strong class 3+7, prefixed)
infinitive bederven
past singular bedierf
past participle bedorven
infinitive bederven
gerund bederven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bederf bedierf
2nd person sing. (jij) bederft, bederf2 bedierf
2nd person sing. (u) bederft bedierf
2nd person sing. (gij) bederft bedierft
3rd person singular bederft bedierf
plural bederven bedierven
subjunctive sing.1 bederve bedierve
subjunctive plur.1 bederven bedierven
imperative sing. bederf
imperative plur.1 bederft
participles bedervend bedorven
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: bederf, bederwe
  • Negerhollands: bederf, bederv

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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The prefix is be- and the second element is from Proto-West Germanic *derban.

However, whether the word was formed in Old or Middle Dutch or was inherited from Proto-Germanic is unclear: while on the one hand, there are no affixless reflexes of *derbaną attested in Old or Middle Dutch, there are also no cognates of this specific prefixed formation in other Germanic languages. Perhaps an Early Medieval or Late Antique formation, from when a hypothetical Frankish or early Old Dutch reflex of *derbaną had not yet become obsolete.

Initially this verb was strong; the meaning was 'to collapse, to destroy'. The causative, intransitive verb derived from *-darbjan- was weak and had the meaning 'to perish, to die'. The combination of meaning 'to work' and 'to perish' as in Old English deorfan is remarkable.[1]

Verb

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bederven

  1. to ruin, to kill
  2. to damage, to destroy
  3. to perish
  4. to die

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bederven”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

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