"blive" meaning in Danish

See blive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bliːə/, [ˈb̥liːi], /bliːvə/, [ˈb̥liːʋə], [ˈb̥liːʊ]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German bliven, from Old Saxon bilīƀan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną, cognate with German bleiben (“to remain”). In the sense “to become", it has replaced older vorde. Etymology templates: {{bor|da|gml|bliven}} Middle Low German bliven, {{der|da|osx|bilīƀan}} Old Saxon bilīƀan, {{der|da|gem-pro|*bilībaną}} Proto-Germanic *bilībaną, {{cog|de|bleiben||to remain}} German bleiben (“to remain”) Head templates: {{head|da|verb|past tense|blev|past participle|blevet|<abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>|bleven|plural and definite singular|blevne}} blive (past tense blev, past participle blevet, c bleven, plural and definite singular blevne) Forms: blev [past], blevet [participle, past], bleven [common-gender, participle, past], blevne [definite, singular], blevne [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bliver [active, present], blives [passive, present], blev [active, past], - [passive, past], blive [active, infinitive], blives [infinitive, passive], bliv [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], blivende [participle, present], blevet [participle, past], auxiliary verb være [participle, past], bliven [gerund, participle]
  1. (copulative) to become (go from one state into another, with a predicative or the preposition til (“to”); the latter is preferred with nouns if a change is implied) Tags: copulative
    Sense id: en-blive-da-verb-4pbjah3V
  2. (auxiliary) to be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice) Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-blive-da-verb-cH6taUdC
  3. to amount (to total or evaluate)
    Sense id: en-blive-da-verb-C8RIV779
  4. (intransitive) remain (to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-blive-da-verb-N66T3Yjh Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 15 7 10 68

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "She became a doctor when she was 25.",
          "text": "Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år.",
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          "english": "The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.",
          "text": "Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈb̥liːi]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈb̥liːʋə]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈb̥liːʊ]"
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          "text": "Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år.",
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          "english": "The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.",
          "text": "Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈb̥liːi]"
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