blijven
Meaning
- (intransitive) to stay, to remain
- (copulative) to stay, to remain, to still be
- (auxiliary) to keep/keep on, to continue (remain doing/behaving)
Concepts
stay
remain
keep
go on
continue
abide
stop
endure
keep on
last
maintain
persist
proceed with
sustain
wear
rest
stay over
stayover
tarry
get
linger
Frequency
Hyphenated as
blij‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈblɛi̯vən/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bliven, from Old Dutch blīvan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”).
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