"werven" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈʋɛr.və(n)/ Audio: Nl-werven.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛrvən Head templates: {{head|nl|noun form}} werven
  1. plural of werf Tags: form-of, plural Form of: werf
    Sense id: en-werven-nl-noun-N0MOkjc0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈʋɛr.və(n)/ Audio: Nl-werven.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛrvən Etymology: From Middle Dutch werven, from Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|werven}} Middle Dutch werven, {{inh|nl|odt|*wervan}} Old Dutch *wervan, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwerban}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwerbaną}} Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną Head templates: {{nl-verb}} werven Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-st|werf|wierf|worven|werve|wierve|class=3+7}} Forms: strong [table-tags], werven [infinitive], werven [gerund, neuter], werf [first-person, present, singular], wierf [first-person, past, singular], werft [present, second-person, singular], werf [present, second-person, singular], wierf [past, second-person, singular], werft [formal, present, second-person, singular], wierf [formal, past, second-person, singular], werft [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], werft [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], wierft [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], wierft [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], werft [present, singular, third-person], wierf [past, singular, third-person], werven [plural, present], wierven [past, plural], werve [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], wierve [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], werven [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], wierven [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], werf [imperative, present, singular], werft [archaic, imperative, plural, present], wervend [participle, present], geworven [participle, past]
  1. to recruit, notably for enlistment or civil employment
    Sense id: en-werven-nl-verb-IeYsrWno Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 29 49 22
  2. to obtain (money) through soliciting
    Sense id: en-werven-nl-verb-nIVpQomB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wervelen
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: aanwerven, verwerven, werfagent, werfbrief, werfbureau, werfdepot, werfkantoor, werfkracht, werfofficier, werver, werving

Verb [Middle Dutch]

Etymology: From Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban. Etymology templates: {{dercat|dum|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|dum|odt|*wervan}} Old Dutch *wervan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*hwerban}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=|head2=}} werven, {{dum-verb}} werven Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|werv|warv|worv|geworven|class=3}} Forms: strong [table-tags], werven [infinitive], wervens [genitive, infinitive], wervene [dative, infinitive], werve [first-person, present, singular], warf [first-person, past, singular], werfs [present, second-person, singular], werves [present, second-person, singular], worfs [past, second-person, singular], worves [past, second-person, singular], werft [present, singular, third-person], wervet [present, singular, third-person], warf [past, singular, third-person], werven [first-person, plural, present], worven [first-person, past, plural], werft [plural, present, second-person], wervet [plural, present, second-person], worft [past, plural, second-person], worvet [past, plural, second-person], werven [plural, present, third-person], worven [past, plural, third-person], worve [first-person, past, singular], werve [present, singular, third-person], worve [past, singular, third-person], werf [present, singular], werve [present, singular], werft [plural, present], wervet [plural, present], wervende [participle, present], geworven [participle, past]
  1. to work hard (towards a goal)
    Sense id: en-werven-dum-verb-TgpmhkOu
  2. to make happen
    Sense id: en-werven-dum-verb-fTlOVG9e Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 14 2 2 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 9 5 4 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 3 2 86

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aanwerven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verwerven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfagent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfbrief"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfbureau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfdepot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfkantoor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfkracht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werfofficier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "werving"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "werven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch werven",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*wervan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *wervan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwerban"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwerban",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwerbaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch werven, from Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3+7",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geworven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wer‧ven"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werf",
        "2": "wierf",
        "3": "worven",
        "4": "werve",
        "5": "wierve",
        "class": "3+7"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wervelen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 49 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recruit, notably for enlistment or civil employment"
      ],
      "id": "en-werven-nl-verb-IeYsrWno",
      "links": [
        [
          "recruit",
          "recruit"
        ],
        [
          "enlistment",
          "enlistment"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "With his action he hopes to obtain funds for cancer research.",
          "text": "Hij hoopt met zijn actie fondsen te werven voor kankeronderzoek.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to obtain (money) through soliciting"
      ],
      "id": "en-werven-nl-verb-nIVpQomB",
      "links": [
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "soliciting",
          "soliciting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛr.və(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-werven.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/Nl-werven.ogg/Nl-werven.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Nl-werven.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrvən"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Werven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werven"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wer‧ven"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "werf"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of werf"
      ],
      "id": "en-werven-nl-noun-N0MOkjc0",
      "links": [
        [
          "werf",
          "werf#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɛr.və(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-werven.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Nl-werven.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrvən"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Werven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werven"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "werven"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: werven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: werven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "wèrve"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: wèrve",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: wèrve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "inh": "1"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dum-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werfs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werves",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worfs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worves",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worft",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worvet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werft",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wervende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geworven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werv",
        "2": "warv",
        "3": "worv",
        "4": "geworven",
        "class": "3"
      },
      "name": "dum-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to work hard (towards a goal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-werven-dum-verb-TgpmhkOu",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 2 2 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 9 5 4 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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