lęven

See also: leven, lévén, and Leven

German Low German

Alternative forms
  • (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) lewen, lewe

Etymology

From Middle Low German lēven, from Old Saxon libbian, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɛːvən]

Verb

lęven

  1. (in some dialects, especially Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian) to live
  • lęvend
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