daven

• doven, davan

Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען (davnen).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.vən/

daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

1. (Judaism, intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

• davening

• Venad, Naved, vaned, Vaden, naved, Venda, Devan, devan

daven

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of dar

From Middle Dutch *daven, further etymology uncertain. May be related to Old Saxon dovon, Old High German tobēn, but the vowel a is irregular in this case. It is found in Middle Low German daven, where it may be regular, which makes it a possible Middle Low German borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːvə(n)/
• Hyphenation: da‧ven

daven

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to rage, to rant
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to shake, to tremble, to waver

• daveren

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *davьnъ. First attested in the 16th century.

• IPA^(key): /dàːʋən/

dávən (comparative davnejši, superlative nȁjdavnejši)

1. ancient, olden

• “daven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026