lever

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lever c (singular definite leveren, plural indefinite levere)

leveren (definite singular)
levere (indefinite plural)
lever (indefinite nominative singular)
leveren (definite nominative singular)
levere (indefinite nominative plural)
leverne (definite nominative plural)
levers (genitive indefinite singular)
leverens (definite genitive singular)
leveres (genitive indefinite plural)
levernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish liuær, from Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, cognate with English liver and German Leber. The Germanic word may be an irregular remodelling of the Proto-Indo-European word for "liver", *yókʷr̥, cf. Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) and Latin iecur.


lever

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lever

edible animal liver as a dish or culinary ingredient

nl-noun

lever f (plural levers, diminutive levertje n)

levers (plural)
levertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: lewer

Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre

Negerhollands: leber

→ Aukan: lebii

→ Indonesian: lever

→ Saramaccan: lebèn

→ Sranan Tongo: lefre

→ Caribbean Javanese: léfer

From Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō.


lever

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative


lever

(mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

Retractable steps and handrails are provided on each side of the cars. The steps, which are under the control of the guard, are operated by hand levers in the entrance vestibule.

1952 September, “Modernised Pull-and-Push Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:

Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

2012 March 14, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.

(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

My lord, I brained him with a lever my neighbour lent me, and he stood by and cried, ‘Strike home, old boy!’

1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.1:

(obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.

ръ́чка

From Middle English lever, levore, levour, from Old French leveor, leveur (“a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)”), from Latin levātor (“a lifter”), from levō (“to raise”). Doublet of levator.


lever

With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.

Someone found a pick and levered a burst plank out of the floor, and in a few minutes we had got a fire alight and our drenched clothes were steaming.

1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

Suddenly he had levered himself up from the sofa, rocking the lame man violently, and was walking towards the receptionist.

1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 1:

The guard at the door coughed up blood, and died instantly. Fina was carrying an empty rifle with a sharpened bayonet, and she'd thrust it straight up through his neck, severing the spinal cord. She levered him off the front stoop and into the bushes, then stood up on the tips of her toes to peer through the window in the door.

2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-22:

(figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).

He was a man who levered his way from small-time communist hack to political power by tapping into the most potent vein of historical juice in the Balkans: nationalism.

2001 April 9, Joshua Cooper Ramo, “Bagging the Butcher”, in Time:

Credited with pioneering the detective novel, Collins has attracted many biographers over the years, drawn to his extraordinary life and work in the hope of levering open a new understanding of the Victorian psyche.

2013 December 8, Robert McCrum, “Biographies of the year — review”, in The Guardian:

(figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).

"The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,

1989 June 26, “Corporate America wants its privacy”, in Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

(chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.

en-verb

lever (third-person singular simple present levers, present participle levering, simple past and past participle levered)

levers (present singular third-person)
levering (participle present)
levered (participle past)
levered (past)


lever

Now therfore take my life from me / for I had leuer dye then liue.

[1531, William Tyndale, transl.], The prophete Ionas […], [Antwerp: Merten de Keyser], chapter iiij:[3]:

The wolde ſome mayſter perhappes clowt ye / But as for me ye nede nat doute ye / For I had leuer be without ye / Then haue ſuche beſyneſſe aboute ye.

[1545?], John Heywood, The Playe Called The Foure PP […], London: […] Wyllyam Myddylton, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, The Play Called The Four PP […] (The Tudor Facsimile Texts), London; Edinburgh: […] T. C. & E. C. Jack, […], 1908, →OCLC, signature [E.ii.], verso:

For although they were worthy of any puniſhment: yit had I leuer they might haue flooriſhed in welfare and ſafetie: […]

1571, John Calvin, “Iohn Calvin to the Godly Readers Sendeth Greeting”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: […] Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and G[e]orge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part:

For leuer had I die, then ſee his deadly face.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 128:

From Middle English lever, comparative of leve, leef (“dear, beloved, lief”), equivalent to lief + -er. Related to German lieber (“rather”).


lever

We do not appear at Phœbus's Levér.

1742, Miss Robinson, Mrs. Delany's Letters, II.191:

Louis XIV’s day began with a lever at 9 and ended (officially) at around midnight.

2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement:


lever

Le Soleil se lève à l’est et se couche à l’ouest.

The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

(reflexive, of celestial bodies) to rise, come up

Je me lève, je me lave.

(reflexive, of fog, rain, etc.) to clear, lift

lever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
levant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
levé (participle past)
lève (first-person indicative present singular)
lèves (indicative present second-person singular)
lève (indicative present singular third-person)
levons (first-person indicative plural present)
levez (indicative plural present second-person)
lèvent (indicative plural present third-person)
levais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
levions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
leviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
levaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
levas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
leva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
levâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
levâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
levèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
lèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
lèverai (first-person future indicative singular)
lèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
lèveras (future indicative second-person singular)
lèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
lèvera (future indicative singular third-person)
lèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
lèverons (first-person future indicative plural)
lèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
lèverez (future indicative plural second-person)
lèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
lèveront (future indicative plural third-person)
lèverais (conditional first-person singular)
lèverais (conditional first-person singular)
lèverais (conditional second-person singular)
lèverais (conditional second-person singular)
lèverait (conditional singular third-person)
lèverait (conditional singular third-person)
lèverions (conditional first-person plural)
lèverions (conditional first-person plural)
lèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
lèveriez (conditional plural second-person)
lèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
lèveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
lève (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lèves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
lève (present singular subjunctive third-person)
levions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
leviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lèvent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
levasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
levasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
levât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
levassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
levassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lève (imperative second-person singular)
levons (first-person imperative plural)
levez (imperative plural second-person)

l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

Inherited from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levāre (“to elevate”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).


lever

hu-conj

Forms in parentheses are somewhat archaic or literary.

The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ver le or  le is ver.

The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem verhet le or  le is verhet.

This verb has no prefix that could split, despite its first few letters.

leverek (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
leversz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
lever (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lever (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
leverünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
levertek (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
levernek (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
levernek (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
leverem (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
levered (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
leveri (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leveri (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
leverjük (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
leveritek (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
leverik (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
leverik (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
leverlek (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
levertem (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
levertél (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
levert (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
levert (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
levertünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
levertetek (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
levertek (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
levertek (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
levertem (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
leverted (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
leverte (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverte (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
levertük (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
levertétek (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
leverték (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverték (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
levertelek (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
or a time adverb (first-person future indicative third-person)
or a time adverb (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
or a time adverb (future indicative informal second-person)
e.g. le fog verni. (first-person future indicative third-person)
e.g. le fog verni. (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. le fog verni. (future indicative informal second-person)
leverék (first-person object-indefinite singular)
leverél (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
levere (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
levere (object-indefinite singular third-person)
leverénk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
leverétek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
leverének (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverének (object-indefinite plural third-person)
leverém (first-person object-definite singular)
leveréd (informal object-definite second-person singular)
leveré (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leveré (object-definite singular third-person)
leverénk (first-person object-definite plural)
leverétek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
leverék (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverék (object-definite plural third-person)
leverélek (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. lever vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. lever vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. lever vala (informal second-person)
levert vala (first-person third-person)
levert vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
levert vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
leverendek (first-person object-indefinite singular)
leverendesz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
leverend (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverend (object-indefinite singular third-person)
leverendünk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
leverendetek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
leverendenek (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverendenek (object-indefinite plural third-person)
leverendem (first-person object-definite singular)
leverended (informal object-definite second-person singular)
leverendi (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverendi (object-definite singular third-person)
leverendjük (first-person object-definite plural)
leverenditek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
leverendik (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverendik (object-definite plural third-person)
leverendelek (first-person object-second-person singular)
levernék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
levernél (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
leverne (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverne (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
levernénk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
levernétek (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
levernének (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
levernének (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
leverném (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
levernéd (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
leverné (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverné (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
levernénk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or levernők (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
levernétek (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
levernék (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
levernék (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
levernélek (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. levert volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. levert volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. levert volna (conditional informal past second-person)
leverjek (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
leverj or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverjél (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverjen (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
leverjen (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
leverjünk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
leverjetek (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
leverjenek (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
leverjenek (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
leverjem (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
leverd or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverjed (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverje (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
leverje (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
leverjük (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
leverjétek (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
leverjék (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
leverjék (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
leverjelek (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. levert légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. levert légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. levert légyen (informal second-person)
leverni (infinitive)
levernem (first-person infinitive singular)
leverned (infinitive informal second-person singular)
levernie (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
levernie (infinitive singular third-person)
levernünk (first-person infinitive plural)
levernetek (infinitive informal plural second-person)
leverniük (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverniük (infinitive plural third-person)
leverés (noun-from-verb)
leverő
levert
leverendő (future participle)
leverve
levervén
leveret (causative)
leverhetek (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
leverhetsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
leverhet (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhet (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
leverhetünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
leverhettek (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
leverhetnek (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetnek (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
leverhetem (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
leverheted (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
leverheti (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverheti (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
leverhetjük (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
leverhetitek (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
leverhetik (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetik (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
leverhetlek (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
leverhettem (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
leverhettél (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
leverhetett (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetett (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
leverhettünk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
leverhettetek (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
leverhettek (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhettek (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
leverhettem (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
leverhetted (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
leverhette (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhette (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
leverhettük (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
leverhettétek (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
leverhették (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhették (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
leverhettelek (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
leverheték (first-person object-indefinite singular)
leverhetél (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
leverhete (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhete (object-indefinite singular third-person)
leverheténk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
leverhetétek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
leverhetének (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetének (object-indefinite plural third-person)
leverhetém (first-person object-definite singular)
leverhetéd (informal object-definite second-person singular)
leverheté (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverheté (object-definite singular third-person)
leverheténk (first-person object-definite plural)
leverhetétek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
leverheték (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverheték (object-definite plural third-person)
leverhetélek (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. leverhet vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. leverhet vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. leverhet vala (informal second-person)
leverhetett vala (first-person third-person)
leverhetett vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetett vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
leverhetendek (first-person object-indefinite singular)
or leverandhatok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
leverhetendesz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
or leverandhatsz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
leverhetend (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetend (object-indefinite singular third-person)
or leverandhat (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or leverandhat (object-indefinite singular third-person)
leverhetendünk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
or leverandhatunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
leverhetendetek (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
or leverandhattok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
leverhetendenek (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetendenek (object-indefinite plural third-person)
or leverandhatnak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or leverandhatnak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
leverhetendem (first-person object-definite singular)
or leverandhatom (first-person object-definite singular)
leverhetended (informal object-definite second-person singular)
or leverandhatod (informal object-definite second-person singular)
leverhetendi (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetendi (object-definite singular third-person)
or leverandhatja (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or leverandhatja (object-definite singular third-person)
leverhetendjük (first-person object-definite plural)
or leverandhatjuk (first-person object-definite plural)
leverhetenditek (informal object-definite plural second-person)
or leverandhatjátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
leverhetendik (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetendik (object-definite plural third-person)
or leverandhatják (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or leverandhatják (object-definite plural third-person)
leverhetendelek (first-person object-second-person singular)
or leverandhatlak (first-person object-second-person singular)
leverhetnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
leverhetnél (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
leverhetne (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetne (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
leverhetnénk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
leverhetnétek (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
leverhetnének (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetnének (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
leverhetném (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
leverhetnéd (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
leverhetné (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetné (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
leverhetnénk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or leverhetnők (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
leverhetnétek (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
leverhetnék (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetnék (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
leverhetnélek (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. leverhetett volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. leverhetett volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. leverhetett volna (conditional informal past second-person)
leverhessek (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
leverhess or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverhessél (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverhessen (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
leverhessen (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
leverhessünk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
leverhessetek (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
leverhessenek (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
leverhessenek (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
leverhessem (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
leverhesd or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverhessed (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
leverhesse (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
leverhesse (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
leverhessük (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
leverhessétek (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
leverhessék (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
leverhessék (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
leverhesselek (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. leverhetett légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. leverhetett légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. leverhetett légyen (informal second-person)
leverhetni
leverhetnem (first-person singular)
leverhetned (informal second-person singular)
leverhetnie (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetnie (singular third-person)
leverhetnünk (first-person plural)
leverhetnetek (informal plural second-person)
leverhetniük (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetniük (plural third-person)
leverhető (first-person singular)
leverhetetlen (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
leverhetetlen (singular third-person)
leverhetve / leverhetvén (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
leverhetve / leverhetvén (informal plural second-person)
leverhetve / leverhetvén (plural third-person)


lever

From Dutch lever (“liver”), from Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-Germanic *librō.


lever

(colloquial, uncommon) to send goods; to deliver

head

lever (active melever, passive dilever, perfective passive terlever)

melever (active)
dilever (passive)
terlever (passive perfective)

Borrowed from Dutch leveren (“to deliver”), from Middle Dutch leveren, from Old French livrer.


lever

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēvō


lever

For him was lever have at his bed's head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red,
. . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. —The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer

But lever than this worldés good

She would have wist how that it stood —Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, John Gower.

Comparative of leve (“dear”) of Germanic origin (compare German lieb) or lief.


lever

Alternative form of lyvere (“living being”)


lever

lever (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
levant (gerund participle present)
present participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
levé (participle past)
leve (first-person indicative present singular)
leves (indicative present second-person singular)
leve (indicative present singular third-person)
levons (first-person indicative plural present)
levez (indicative plural present second-person)
levent (indicative plural present third-person)
levois (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levoys (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levois (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levoys (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
levoyt (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
levions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
levyons (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
leviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
levyez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
levoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levoyent (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
leva (first-person historic indicative past singular)
levas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
leva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
levasmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
levastes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
leverent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
leverai (first-person future indicative singular)
leveray (first-person future indicative singular)
leveras (future indicative second-person singular)
levera (future indicative singular third-person)
leverons (first-person future indicative plural)
leverez (future indicative plural second-person)
leveront (future indicative plural third-person)
leverois (conditional first-person singular)
leveroys (conditional first-person singular)
leverois (conditional second-person singular)
leveroys (conditional second-person singular)
leveroit (conditional singular third-person)
leveroyt (conditional singular third-person)
leverions (conditional first-person plural)
leveryons (conditional first-person plural)
leveriez (conditional plural second-person)
leveryez (conditional plural second-person)
leveroient (conditional plural third-person)
leveroyent (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
leve (first-person present singular subjunctive)
leves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
leve (present singular subjunctive third-person)
levons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
levez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
levent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
levasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
levasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
levast (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
levassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
levassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
leve (imperative second-person singular)
levons (first-person imperative plural)
levez (imperative plural second-person)

French: lever


lever

lever m or f (definite singular leveren or levra, indefinite plural levere or levre or levrer, definite plural leverne or levrene)

leveren (definite singular)
levra (definite singular)
levere (indefinite plural)
levre (indefinite plural)
levrer (indefinite plural)
leverne (definite plural)
levrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”).


lever

levra (definite singular)
levrar (indefinite plural)
levrer (indefinite plural)
levrane (definite plural)
levrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Akin to English liver.


lever

(reflexive, se lever) to get up (get out of bed)

lever (infinitive)
avoir levé (infinitive multiword-construction)
en levant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
levant (participle present)
levé (participle past)
lief (first-person indicative present singular)
lieves (indicative present second-person singular)
lieve (indicative present singular third-person)
levons (first-person indicative plural present)
levez (indicative plural present second-person)
lievent (indicative plural present third-person)
levoie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
leveie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levoe (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
leveve (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levoies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
leveies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levoes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
leveves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
leveit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
levot (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
leveve (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
leviiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
leviens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
leviiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
leviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
levoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
leveient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levoent (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levevent (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
levas (indicative preterite second-person singular)
leva (indicative preterite singular third-person)
levames (first-person indicative plural preterite)
levastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
leverent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
leverai (first-person future indicative singular)
leveras (future indicative second-person singular)
levera (future indicative singular third-person)
leverons (first-person future indicative plural)
leveroiz (future indicative plural second-person)
levereiz (future indicative plural second-person)
leverez (future indicative plural second-person)
leveront (future indicative plural third-person)
leveroie (conditional first-person singular)
levereie (conditional first-person singular)
leveroies (conditional second-person singular)
levereies (conditional second-person singular)
leveroit (conditional singular third-person)
levereit (conditional singular third-person)
leveriiens (conditional first-person plural)
leveriens (conditional first-person plural)
leveriiez (conditional plural second-person)
leveriez (conditional plural second-person)
leveroient (conditional plural third-person)
levereient (conditional plural third-person)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
lief (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
liet (present singular subjunctive third-person)
levons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
levez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lievent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
levasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
levasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
levast (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
levissons (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
levissiens (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
levissoiz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levissez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lieve (imperative second-person singular)
levons (first-person imperative plural)
levez (imperative plural second-person)

Middle French: lever

French: lever


lever

lēver (canonical masculine)
masculine
lēver (indefinite nominative singular)
lēvrin (definite nominative singular)
lēvar (indefinite nominative plural)
lēvanir (definite nominative plural)
lēvaner (definite nominative plural)
lēv (accusative indefinite singular)
lēvin (accusative definite singular)
lēva (accusative indefinite plural)
lēvana (accusative definite plural)
lēvi (dative indefinite singular)
lēve (dative indefinite singular)
lēvinum (dative definite singular)
lēvenom (dative definite singular)
lēvum (dative indefinite plural)
lēvom (dative indefinite plural)
lēvumin (dative definite plural)
lēvomen (dative definite plural)
lēvs (genitive indefinite singular)
lēvsins (definite genitive singular)
lēva (genitive indefinite plural)
lēvanna (definite genitive plural)

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lēver

Swedish: lev

From Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.


lever

lever (indefinite nominative singular)
levers (genitive indefinite singular)
levern (definite nominative singular)
leverns (definite genitive singular)
levrar (indefinite nominative plural)
levrars (genitive indefinite plural)
levrarna (definite nominative plural)
levrarnas (definite genitive plural)