different between gave vs spoke

English

Etymology

From Middle English gaf, yaf, ?af, from Old English ?æf, ?eaf.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: g?v, IPA^(key): /?e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

gave

1. simple past tense of give
   • c. 1471, An English Chronicle, 1377-1461:

     there the erl of Dunbar becam his manne, and the kyng yaf him the Counte of Richemunde.

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, part 1:

     I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.

   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:

     The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.

   • 2011, Bob Woffinden, The Guardian, 31 Jul 2011:

     With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.

2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of give

See also

• given

Anagrams

• EVGA, Vega, vega

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German g?be, Proto-Germanic *g?b? (“gift, giving”), cognate with German Gabe. Late Old Norse gáfa and Swedish gåva are probably also from Low German. It has replaced a similar word with a different shape: Danish gæv (“feed”), from Old Norse gj?f (“gift”), from Proto-Germanic *geb?, cognate with Gothic ???????????????? (giba). Both words are derived from the verb *geban? (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???æ???], [???æ??]
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Noun

gave c (singular definite gaven, plural indefinite gaver)

1. gift, present
2. gift (a talent or natural ability)

Inflection

Derived terms

• julegave

References

• “gave” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?v?/
• Hyphenation: ga?ve
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gave, from Old Dutch g?va, from Proto-Germanic *g?b?, ablaut variant of *geb?.

Noun

gave f (plural gaven or gaves, diminutive gavetje n or gaafje n)

1. A gift, donation, present
2. A gift, talent

Synonyms

• (donation): geschenk, gift
• (talent): talent

Related terms

• geven, gift, gif
• morgengave
• doorgave, opgave, overgave, toegave, uitgave, weergave

Verb

gave

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of geven

Etymology 2

Adjective

gave

1. Inflected form of gaaf

French

Verb

gave

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaver
2. third-person singular present indicative of gaver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gaver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gaver
5. second-person singular imperative of gaver

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gave f or m (definite singular gava or gaven, indefinite plural gaver, definite plural gavene)

1. a present or gift (something given to someone, e.g. for Christmas or a birthday)
2. a gift (a talent or natural ability)

Synonyms

• presang (sense 1 above)

Derived terms

• bryllupsgave
• gavekort
• julegave

See also

• gåve (Nynorsk)

References

• “gave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sp?k, IPA^(key): /sp??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• Hyphenation: spoke

Etymology 1

From Middle English spoke, spok, spook, from Old English sp?ca, from Proto-Germanic *spaik?.

Noun

spoke (plural spokes)

1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
2. (nautical) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3. A rung of a ladder.
4. A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

Derived terms

• hub-and-spoke

Translations

Verb

spoke (third-person singular simple present spokes, present participle spoking, simple past and past participle spoked)

1. (transitive) To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

Further reading

• spoke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Verb

spoke

1. simple past tense of speak
2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of speak

Anagrams

• kepos, pokes, posek

Afrikaans

Noun

spoke

1. plural of spook

Dutch

Verb

spoke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of spoken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spook, spok, spak, spake

Etymology

From Old English sp?ca, from Proto-Germanic *spaik?.

Pronunciation

• (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA^(key): /?sp??k(?)/
• IPA^(key): /?sp??k(?)/

Noun

spoke (plural spokes or spoken)

1. A spoke (support radiating from the middle of a wheel)
2. A sharp spike or projection on the edge of a wheel.

Descendants

• English: spoke
• Scots: spaik

References

• “sp?k(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-12.