blijven

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to stay, to remain
  2. (copulative) to stay, to remain, to still be
  3. (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

A1
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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