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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)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/bliːə/[ˈb̥liːi]/bliːvə/[ˈb̥liːʋə]
  1. 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)

    copulative
    Hun blev læge da hun var 25 år.
    Vejret vil blive koldt når solen er gået ned.
  2. to be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice)

    auxiliary
    Hunden blev druknet af drengen.
  3. to amount (to total or evaluate)

    Det bliver 10kr.
  4. remain (to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity)

    intransitive
    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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