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ebben

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Dutch

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ebben
ebony

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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ebben

  1. (intransitive) to ebb, to recede (especially of tides)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of ebben (weak)
infinitive ebben
past singular ebde
past participle geëbd
infinitive ebben
gerund ebben n
present tense past tense
1st person singular eb ebde
2nd person sing. (jij) ebt, eb2 ebde
2nd person sing. (u) ebt ebde
2nd person sing. (gij) ebt ebde
3rd person singular ebt ebde
plural ebben ebden
subjunctive sing.1 ebbe ebde
subjunctive plur.1 ebben ebden
imperative sing. eb
imperative plur.1 ebt
participles ebbend geëbd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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ebben n (uncountable)

  1. ebony (wood)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From Latin ebenus, probably borrowed through Old French.

Adjective

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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

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German ebben; see Ebbe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to ebb

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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ez +‎ -ben

Pronoun

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ebben

  1. inessive singular of ez, in this

Etymology 2

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eb +‎ -ben

Noun

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ebben

  1. inessive singular of eb

See also

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal prefix category
nominative ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá category
terminative -ig meddig eddig addig category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként category
essive-modal -ul / -ül category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle category

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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ebben

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: ebb
  • Scots: ebb

References

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Swedish

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Noun

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ebben

  1. definite singular of ebb