geloof

• gelove (archaic)

From earlier gelove, from Middle Dutch gelôve, from Old Dutch gilōvo, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô.

• Rhymes: -oːf

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geloof n (plural geloven, diminutive geloofje n)

1. belief, conviction.
2. (religion) faith, religion.

The genitive form of the word is des geloofs. Of its alternative form gelove it is des geloven or des geloves. In Dutch, the genitive is not commonly used outside of fixed expressions and literary language, but can be frequently encountered in early modern Dutch texts.

• (belief, conviction): overtuiging
• (religion): godsdienst, religie

• bijgeloof n
• geloofsbelijdenis
• gelovig

geloof

1. first-person singular present indicative of geloven
2. imperative of geloven