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Eren
eren
eren
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːrə(n)/
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch eren. Equivalent to eer + -en.
Alternative forms
- eeren (obsolete spelling)
Verb
eren
- (transitive) to honor/honour, to pay homage/respects.
- Een Prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd, den Koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geëerd.
- A prince of Orange am I, free, undaunted, the king of Spain I've always honoured.
- Een Prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd, den Koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geëerd.
- (transitive) to respect, hold in high regard.
- (transitive) to adorn, decorate.
- (transitive) to (sometimes restore a fiancée's) honor by marriage
Inflection
Inflection of eren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | eren | |||
past singular | eerde | |||
past participle | geëerd | |||
infinitive | eren | |||
gerund | eren n | |||
verbal noun | — | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | eer | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | eert | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | eert | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | eert | eerde | ||
3rd person singular | eert | eerde | ||
plural | eren | eerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | ere | eerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | eren | eerden | ||
imperative sing. | eer | |||
imperative plur.1 | eert | |||
participles | erend | geëerd | ||
1) Archaic. |
Synonyms
(honor):
(respect):
(adorn):
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch eren, erijn. Equivalent to eer (“copper, metal”) + -en.
Adjective
eren (not comparable)
Inflection
Inflection of eren | ||||
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uninflected | eren | |||
inflected | eren | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | — | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | eren | ||
n. sing. | eren | |||
plural | eren | |||
definite | eren | |||
partitive | — |
Synonyms
(copper):
(bronze):
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch eren, from Old Dutch *erien, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną.
Verb
eren
Inflection
Inflection of eren (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | eren | |||
past singular | eerde | |||
past participle | geëerd | |||
infinitive | eren | |||
gerund | eren n | |||
verbal noun | — | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | eer | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | eert | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | eert | eerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | eert | eerde | ||
3rd person singular | eert | eerde | ||
plural | eren | eerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | ere | eerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | eren | eerden | ||
imperative sing. | eer | |||
imperative plur.1 | eert | |||
participles | erend | geëerd | ||
1) Archaic. |
Synonyms
(plow):
- ploegen
- beploegen
- doorploegen
- omploegen
Derived terms
- eerder
- eerlijn
- eerlint
- eerstok
- omeren
Etymology 4
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
eren
- Plural form of eer