daven

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען‎ (davnen).

Verb

daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

  1. (intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *daven, further etymology uncertain. May be related to Old Saxon dovon, Old High German tobēn, but the vowel a is irregular in this case. It is found in Middle Low German daven, where it may be regular, which makes it a possible Middle Low German borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːvə(n)/

Verb

daven

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to rage, to rant
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to shake, to tremble, to waver

Inflection

Inflection of daven (weak)
infinitive daven
past singular daafde
past participle gedaafd
infinitive daven
gerund daven n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular daaf daafde
2nd person sing. (jij) daaft daafde
2nd person sing. (u) daaft daafde
2nd person sing. (gij) daaft daafde
3rd person singular daaft daafde
plural daven daafden
subjunctive sing.1 dave daafde
subjunctive plur.1 daven daafden
imperative sing. daaf
imperative plur.1 daaft
participles davend gedaafd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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