haven

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈheɪvən/ Rhymes: -eɪvən ==== Noun ==== haven (plural havens) (literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea. A safe place. Synonyms: refuge, sanctuary, zoar A peaceful or tranquil place. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== haven (third-person singular simple present havens, present participle havening, simple past and past participle havened) To put into, or provide with a haven. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English haven; equivalent to have +‎ -en (plural simple present ending). ==== Verb ==== haven (obsolete) plural simple present of have === Anagrams === heav'n, nevah == Danish == === Noun === haven c definite singular of have == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦaːvə(n)/ Hyphenation: ha‧ven Rhymes: -aːvən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō. ==== Noun ==== haven f (plural havens, diminutive haventje n) harbour De schepen liggen veilig in de haven. ― The ships are safe in the harbour. We namen een wandeling bij het kleine haventje na het diner. ― We took a walk by the small harbour after dinner. port Rotterdam heeft een van de grootste havens ter wereld. ― Rotterdam has one of the largest ports in the world. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: hawe → Papiamentu: haf, haaf → Russian: гавань (gavanʹ)→ Ukrainian: гавань (havanʹ) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== haven plural of have === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “haven”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == Finnish == === Alternative forms === hapene (dialectal) === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *habën, possibly a Baltic loan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑʋen/, [ˈhɑ̝ʋe̞n] Rhymes: -ɑʋen Syllabification(key): ha‧ven Hyphenation(key): ha‧ven === Noun === haven (dialectal, Southwest Finnish, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Kainuu, North Karelia, South Karelia) (usually in the plural) (human) hair (on the head, beard, etc.) Synonyms: hapsi, hius ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === ahven == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English habban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe (contracted) han, haan, ha ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhaːvən/, /ˈhavən/, (some dialects) /ˈhabən/ IPA(key): /haːn/, /han/ (contraction) IPA(key): /(h)aː/, /(h)a/ (unstressed) ==== Verb ==== haven (third-person singular simple present hath, present participle havynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hadde, past participle had) to own (to have ownership of): to possess (an abstraction; a quality) to include (as a part, ingredient, or feature). to hold; to have at disposal to get, acquire, or obtain: to take (in); to be given to have (a child); to give birth to do; to perform (an action): (with preposition) to take (away) to have (done); to cause to (do, be) to be obliged to do; to be scheduled to do. (auxillary) Denotes completion; forms the perfect tense. to keep; to maintain (in a condition) to have (in a certain relationship) to consider; to look upon to experience; to undergo ===== Usage notes ===== As in Modern English, haven may be used elliptically in auxiliary constructions if the main verb is implicit. The perfect progressive construction (modern have been + present) is known in Middle English, though rare and late. Some intransitive verbs may form the perfect with ben rather than haven. ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Contraction ==== ichave nad (“had not”) ===== Descendants ===== English: have (-'ve, -a) Scots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe (-a) Yola: ha, have ===== References ===== “hā̆ven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== haven alternative form of havene == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old High German hafan m (“pot”). === Noun === haven pot == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === haven definite plural of hav == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *hafen, *haven, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō. === Noun === haven c (plural havens, diminutive haventsje) harbour haven, refuge ==== Derived terms ==== havenhaad ==== Further reading ==== “haven (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011