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)

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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