blive.
to become (go from one state into another, with a predicative or the preposition til (“to”); the latter is preferred with nouns if a change is implied)
Meaning & usage
to become (go from one state into another, with a predicative or the preposition til (“to”); the latter is preferred with nouns if a change is implied)
Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år.
Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned.
to be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice)
Hunden blev druknet af drengen.
to amount (to total or evaluate)
Det bliver 10kr.
remain (to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity)
Hun blev da de andre gik
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German bliven, from Old Saxon bilīƀan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną, cognate with German bleiben (“to remain”). In the sense “to become", it replaced native vorde.
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