ebben

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛbə(n)/ Hyphenation: eb‧ben Rhymes: -ɛbən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch ebben, from Old Dutch *ebbon, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn. ==== Verb ==== ebben (intransitive) to ebb, to recede (especially of tides) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== wegebben === Etymology 2 === From older eben, from Middle Dutch ebeen, from Latin hebenus. ==== Noun ==== ebben n (uncountable, no diminutive) ebony (wood) ===== Derived terms ===== ebbenhout === Etymology 3 === From Latin ebenus, probably borrowed through Old French. ==== Adjective ==== ebben (not comparable) ebony (made of ebony wood) Synonym: ebbenhouten ===== Declension ===== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German ebben; see Ebbe. === Pronunciation === === Verb === ebben (weak, third-person singular present ebbt, past tense ebbte, past participle geebbt, auxiliary haben) to ebb ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abebben verebben zurückebben === Further reading === “ebben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ebben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ebben” in Duden online “ebben” in OpenThesaurus.de == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛbːɛn] Hyphenation: eb‧ben === Etymology 1 === ez +‎ -ben ==== Pronoun ==== ebben inessive singular of ez, in this === Etymology 2 === eb +‎ -ben ==== Noun ==== ebben inessive singular of eb === See also === == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German ebben. Cognate with English ebb, Dutch ebben, German ebben. === Verb === ebben (past singular ebb, past participle ebbt, auxiliary verb hebben) to ebb ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn; equivalent to ebbe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛbən/ === Verb === ebben To ebb; to recede (of tides) (figuratively) To decrease or decline. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: ebb Scots: ebb ==== References ==== “ebben, -in, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Swedish == === Noun === ebben definite singular of ebb