proeven

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) to taste (something), to test or detect by tasting
2. (figuratively, transitive) to try, experience, find out, feel, taste
3. (intransitive, proscribed) to taste, to have a taste
4. (obsolete, transitive) to (provide) prove (for)

Noun

1. (form-of, plural) plural of proef
2. (form-of, plural) plural of proeve

proef

• Noun
• Verb

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proeve

singular present subjunctive of proeven

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Concepts

taste

savor

savour

sample

sense

tasting

try

budgerigar

try out

degust

degustation

flavour

Synonyms

smaken

proberen

beproeven

eten

🍽️

likken

voelen

Translations

goûter

kosten

provar

schmecken

probar

probieren

gustare

saborear

experimentar

saborear

degustacion

tastar

assaggiare

déguster

degustación

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpru.və(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: proeven

Cognate with Middle Low German: prö̂ven

Cognate with Middle High German: prüeven

Cognate with Limburgish: preuve

Cognate with German: prüfen

In summary

From Middle Dutch proeven (13th c.). Ultimately from Latin probāre and hence a doublet of proberen. Probably borrowed from Old French prover, although the umlaut in Middle Low German prö̂ven, northern Middle High German prüeven may also hint at a (regionally restricted) Proto-West Germanic *prōfijan, from Vulgar Latin. In modern Dutch dialects, the vocalism generally coincides with the isogloss for umlaut on long vowels (western proeve(n) vs. Brabantian/Kleverlandish pruve(n), Limburgish preuve). Compare German prüfen.