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Translation

harbour, port

Word origin

A Germanic borrowing, from German Hafen and Dutch haven, the same root that gives English haven. Copenhagen is Kobenhavn, the merchants' harbour, and carries the word in its name.

Origin
German
Root
haven
English cognates
haven

Examples

.

The ship arrived in the harbour before nightfall.

.

Many boats are standing in the harbour.

.

The town grew up around its harbour.

The first three letters are a false seam: has nothing to do with , and there is no suffix -- to find. It is one borrowed root. Note the accusative in the first example: says the ship moved into the harbour, while would say it was already sitting there.

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This word is part of lesson 31.