Buren

Buren

1. A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

• Bruen, Brune, Ruben, burne

• (Gelderland) First attested as buria in 772. Derived from Proto-Germanic *bûrja- (“stable, outbuilding, barn, hut”). Compare Old Frisian bêre (“barn, house”).
• (Friesland) Potentially attested as buren around the end of the 11th century, attested with certainty as buren in 1245. Borrowed from West Frisian Buren, derived from the dative plural form of Old Frisian buer (“house, cottage”). See also West Frisian Bueren.
• (Overijssel) First attested as buren in 1188. Derived from the dative plural form of Middle Dutch buur (“dwelling, cottage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Bu‧ren
• Rhymes: -yːrən
• Homophone: buren

Buren n

1. Buren (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Aalst, Asch, Beusichem, Bontemorgen, Buurmalsen, De Bosjes, De Heuvel, De Mars, Eck en Wiel, Erichem, Essebroek, Ganzert, Hoog Kana, Hoogmeien, Ingen, Kerk-Avezaath, Klinkenberg, Leutes, Lienden, Luchtenburg, Lutterveld, Maurik, Meerten, Meertenwei, Ommeren, Ommerenveld, Ravenswaaij, Rijswijk, Tweesluizen, Zandberg, Zevenmorgen, Zoelen, Zoelmond, Zwarte Paard

2. a village in Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands
3. a hamlet in Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

• Burenaar
• Burens
• Buurmalsen
• van Buren

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “buren”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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Buren

1. inflection of Bure:
   1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural