schaven - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaːvə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːvən

From Middle Dutch schāven, from Old Dutch *skavan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

schaven

1. (transitive) to plane, to grate
2. (transitive) to smooth
3. (intransitive) to rub roughly, over a rough surface

Conjugation of schaven (weak)
infinitive	schaven
past singular	schaafde
past participle	geschaafd
infinitive	schaven
gerund	schaven n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	schaaf	schaafde
2nd person sing. (jij)	schaaft, schaaf2	schaafde
2nd person sing. (u)	schaaft	schaafde
2nd person sing. (gij)	schaaft	schaafde
3rd person singular	schaaft	schaafde
plural	schaven	schaafden
subjunctive sing.1	schave	schaafde
subjunctive plur.1	schaven	schaafden
imperative sing.	schaaf
imperative plur.1	schaaft
participles	schavend	geschaafd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• beschaven

• → Papiamentu: skaf, schaaf, skaaf

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schaven

1. plural of schaaf

From Middle Low German schāven, from Old Saxon skavan.

schaven (past schaav, past participle schaavt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive) to scrape; to scratch; to scour; to chafe
2. (intransitive) to scrape
3. (reflexive) to scrape oneself; to scrub oneself
4. (reflexive, figuratively) to shave oneself

• afschaven

from Old Dutch *scavan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaban.

schāven

1. to plane
2. to scrape
3. to shave
4. to grind, to pulverise

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: schaven
• Limburgish: sjave

• “scaven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schaven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• schave, shave, shaven

From Old English sċafan, from Proto-West Germanic *skaban; equivalent to schave +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːvən/

schaven (third-person singular simple present schaveth, present participle schavynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schof, past participle schaven)

1. To scrape or scratch, especially into pieces:
   1. To make sharp or smooth; to hone or whet.
   2. To abrase surgically; to file off.
   3. To rub away or wipe out; to eliminate by abrasion.
2. To razor hair; to use an unpaired blade to cut hair:
   1. To shave; to remove all hair in a given area.
   2. To cut hair closely or fully.
3. To dice or chop off; to eliminate by cutting.

• schave
• schaver
• schavynge

• English: shave
  • → Welsh: siafio
• Scots: schave, schaif, schaiff; shaav (through confluence with Norwegian skave)

• “shāven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.