daven

See also: dáven

English

Alternative forms

• doven

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען (davnen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.vən/

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Verb

daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

1. (intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

Related terms

• davening

Anagrams

• Venad, Naved, vaned, Vaden, naved, Venda, Devan, devan

Catalan

Verb

daven

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of dar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *daven, further etymology uncertain. May be related to Old Saxon dovon, Old High German tobēn, but the vowel a is irregular in this case. It is found in Middle Low German daven, where it may be regular, which makes it a possible Middle Low German borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːvə(n)/
• Hyphenation: da‧ven

Verb

daven

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to rage, to rant
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to shake, to tremble, to waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of daven (weak)
infinitive	daven
past singular	daafde
past participle	gedaafd
infinitive	daven
gerund	daven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	daaf	daafde
2nd person sing. (jij)	daaft, daaf2	daafde
2nd person sing. (u)	daaft	daafde
2nd person sing. (gij)	daaft	daafde
3rd person singular	daaft	daafde
plural	daven	daafden
subjunctive sing.1	dave	daafde
subjunctive plur.1	daven	daafden
imperative sing.	daaf
imperative plur.1	daaft
participles	davend	gedaafd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• daveren

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *davьnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dàːʋən/

Adjective

dávən (comparative davnejši, superlative nȁjdavnejši)

1. ancient, olden

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	dáven	dávna	dávno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dáven ind dávni def	dávna	dávno
genitive	dávnega	dávne	dávnega
dative	dávnemu	dávni	dávnemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	dávno	dávno
locative	dávnem	dávni	dávnem
instrumental	dávnim	dávno	dávnim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dávna	dávni	dávni
genitive	dávnih	dávnih	dávnih
dative	dávnima	dávnima	dávnima
accusative	dávna	dávni	dávni
locative	dávnih	dávnih	dávnih
instrumental	dávnima	dávnima	dávnima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dávni	dávne	dávna
genitive	dávnih	dávnih	dávnih
dative	dávnim	dávnim	dávnim
accusative	dávne	dávne	dávna
locative	dávnih	dávnih	dávnih
instrumental	dávnimi	dávnimi	dávnimi

Further reading

• “daven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024