werven
Meaning
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- to recruit, notably for enlistment or civil employment
- to obtain (money) through soliciting
Frequency
Hyphenated as
wer‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʋɛr.və(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch werven, from Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.
New
werf
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- (Southern,abbreviation,alt-of,masculine,regional) Short for bouwwerf (“building site”).
- (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine) Short for scheepswerf (“shipyard”).
- (masculine) wharf, quay
- (masculine) field of interest and action, chapter on a to do list
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