bederven

From Middle Dutch bederven; see there for further etymology.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɛrvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧der‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

bederven

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

• bederf
• bederving

• bedreven

The prefix is be- and the second element is from Proto-Germanic *derbaną, but 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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

bederven

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

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• Dutch: bederven
• Limburgish: bedèrve

• “bederven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bederven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929