ebben

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Dutch

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ebben
ebony

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛbə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eb‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɛbən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ebben, from Old Dutch *ebbon, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn.

Verb

ebben

  1. (intransitive) to ebb, to recede (especially of tides)
Conjugation
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From older eben, from Middle Dutch ebeen, from Latin hebenus.

Noun

ebben n (uncountable)

  1. ebony (wood)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Latin ebenus, probably borrowed through Old French.

Adjective

ebben (not comparable)

  1. ebony (made of ebony wood)
    Synonym: ebbenhouten
Declension
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Declension of ebben
uninflected ebben
inflected ebben
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. ebben
n. sing. ebben
plural ebben
definite ebben
partitive
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German ebben; see Ebbe.

Pronunciation

Verb

ebben (weak, third-person singular present ebbt, past tense ebbte, past participle geebbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to ebb

Conjugation

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infinitive ebben
present participle ebbend
past participle geebbt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich ebbe wir ebben i ich ebbe wir ebben
du ebbst ihr ebbt du ebbest ihr ebbet
er ebbt sie ebben er ebbe sie ebben
preterite ich ebbte wir ebbten ii ich ebbte1 wir ebbten1
du ebbtest ihr ebbtet du ebbtest1 ihr ebbtet1
er ebbte sie ebbten er ebbte1 sie ebbten1
imperative ebb (du)
ebbe (du)
ebbt (ihr)
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • ebben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ebben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ebben” in Duden online
  • ebben” in OpenThesaurus.de

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛbːɛn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eb‧ben

Etymology 1

ez + -ben

Pronoun

ebben

  1. inessive singular of ez, in this

Etymology 2

eb + -ben

Noun

ebben

  1. inessive singular of eb

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
casesuffixwho?what?thisthathe/she (it)1verbal prefixcategory
nominative kimiezaző* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative -t / -ot /
-at/-et/-öt
kitmiteztaztőt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinekminekennekannaknekineki-category
instrumental -val / -vel kivelmivelezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
velecategory
causal-final -ért kiértmiértezértazértértecategory
translative -vá / -vé kivémivéezzéazzácategory
terminative -ig meddigeddigaddigcategory
essive-formal -ként (kiként)(miként)ekkéntakkéntcategory
essive-modal -ul / -ül category
inessive -ban / -ben kibenmibenebbenabbanbennecategory
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kinminezenazonrajta(rajta-)category
adessive -nál / -nél kinélminélennélannálnálacategory
illative -ba / -be kibemibeebbeabbabelebele-category
sublative -ra / -re kiremireerrearrará-category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihezmihezehhezahhozhozzáhozzá-category
elative -ból / -ből kibőlmibőlebbőlabbólbelőlecategory
delative -ról / -ről kirőlmirőlerrőlarrólrólacategory
ablative -tól / -től kitőlmitőlettőlattóltőlecategory
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1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ebben. Cognate with English ebb, Dutch ebben, German ebben.

Verb

ebben (past singular ebb, past participle ebbt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to ebb

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ebben (weak verb)
infinitive ebben
present preterite
1st person singular ebb ebb
2nd person singular ebbs(t) ebbs(t)
3rd person singular ebb(t) ebb
plural ebbt, ebben ebben
imperative
singular ebb(e)
plural ebbt
present past
participle ebben (e)ebbt, geebbt
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Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn; equivalent to ebbe + -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

ebben

  1. To ebb; to recede (of tides)
  2. (figuratively) To decrease or decline.

Conjugation

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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: ebb
  • Scots: ebb

References

Swedish

Noun

ebben

  1. definite singular of ebb

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