geloof

• gelove (archaic)

From earlier gelove, from Middle Dutch gelôve, from Old Dutch gilōvo, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô.

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈloːf/

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• Rhymes: -oːf

geloof n (plural geloven, diminutive geloofje n)

1. belief, conviction
2. (religion) faith, religion

The genitive form of the word is des geloofs. Of its alternative form gelove it is des geloven or des geloves. In Dutch, the genitive is not commonly used outside of fixed expressions and literary language, but can be frequently encountered in early modern Dutch texts.

• (belief, conviction): overtuiging
• (religion): godsdienst, religie

• bijgeloof n
• geloofsbelijdenis
• gelovig

• Afrikaans: geloof
• Negerhollands: geloof, gelovf, gloof

geloof

1. inflection of geloven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative