begrave

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- +‎ grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”). === Verb === begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begrove or begraven) (transitive, obsolete) To bury. (transitive, obsolete) To engrave. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === begrave (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of begraven == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Presumably from be- +‎ grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava === Verb === begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende) to bury begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet ==== Derived terms ==== begravelse === References === “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/ === Verb === begrave to bury ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== begraafplak ==== Further reading ==== “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011