ebben

See also: Ebben

Dutch

ebben
ebony

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛbə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eb‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɛbən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ebben, from Old Dutch *ebbon, from Proto-Germanic *abjōną.

Verb

ebben

  1. (intransitive) to ebb, to recede (especially of tides)
Inflection
Inflection of ebben (weak)
infinitive ebben
past singular ebde
past participle geëbd
infinitive ebben
gerund ebben n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ebebde
2nd person sing. (jij) ebtebde
2nd person sing. (u) ebtebde
2nd person sing. (gij) ebtebde
3rd person singular ebtebde
plural ebbenebden
subjunctive sing.1 ebbeebde
subjunctive plur.1 ebbenebden
imperative sing. eb
imperative plur.1 ebt
participles ebbendgeëbd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From older eben, from Middle Dutch ebeen, from Latin hebenus.

Noun

ebben n (uncountable)

  1. ebony (wood)

Adjective

ebben (not comparable)

  1. ebony (made of ebony wood)
Inflection
Inflection of ebben
uninflected ebben
inflected ebben
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. ebben
n. sing. ebben
plural ebben
definite ebben
partitive

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German ebben.

Verb

ebben (third-person singular simple present ebbt, past tense ebbte, past participle geebbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to ebb

Conjugation

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛbːɛn]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eb‧ben

Etymology 1

ez + -ben

Adverb

ebben (not comparable)

  1. in this

Pronoun

ebben

  1. inessive singular of ez

Etymology 2

eb + -ben

Noun

ebben

  1. inessive singular of eb

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ebben. Cognate with English ebb, Dutch ebben, German ebben.

Verb

ebben (past singular ebb, past participle ebbt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to ebb

Conjugation

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