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erven

erven is the plural of erf.

Meaning of erf

Noun (1)

erf (plural erfs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) Inheritance; patrimony.
    • Son, you will have this farm to erf.
  2. (broadly) Stock; cattle.

Noun (2)

erf (plural erfs or erven)

  1. (New-York, South Africa, US, regional, Cape Colony) A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.

Questions about erven

What is erven the plural of?
Erven is the plural of erf.

Words near erven in the dictionary

  1. ERV
  2. ervad
  3. ervads
  4. Ervalla
  5. ervatinine
  6. erven
  7. ervenholder
  8. ervenholders
  9. ervil
  10. ervils
  11. Ervin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erven (page history and authors); erf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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