baren

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baren"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren).

Noun

baren (plural baren or barens)

  1. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
  2. Any of several similar printing tools with a low-friction bumpy surface, made of ball bearings, glass, plastic, or other materials.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

baren c

  1. definite singular of bar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːrə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ren
  • Rhymes: -aːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baren. The a in the stem and the weak inflection are unetymological, but their origin is unknown. The form developed from and displaced the older strong beren (still found in modern ontberen), from Old Dutch beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

baren

  1. (transitive) to bear, to give birth to
    Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.
    She has borne a son.
  2. (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    Dit baart me zorgen.
    This causes me worry.
Conjugation

The strong past participle geboren is also used, but only with the meaning "given birth, born".

Conjugation of baren (weak)
infinitive baren
past singular baarde
past participle gebaard
infinitive baren
gerund baren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular baar baarde
2nd person sing. (jij) baart, baar2 baarde
2nd person sing. (u) baart baarde
2nd person sing. (gij) baart baarde
3rd person singular baart baarde
plural baren baarden
subjunctive sing.1 bare baarde
subjunctive plur.1 baren baarden
imperative sing. baar
imperative plur.1 baart
participles barend gebaard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: baer
    • Virgin Islands Creole: pari (archaic)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baren

  1. plural of baar

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

baren

  1. inflection of bar:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Verb

bāren

  1. to bear, to carry
  2. to give birth to
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

bāren n or m

  1. child
  2. hero
Inflection
Strong neuter noun
singular plural
nominative bāren bāren, bārene
accusative bāren bāren, bārene
genitive bārens bārene
dative bārene bārenen
Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative bāren bārene
accusative bāren bārene
genitive bārens bārene
dative bārene bārenen
Derived terms
  • euvelbaren (devil)
  • moederbaren (human)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

baren

  1. alternative form of bareyne

Etymology 2

Noun

baren

  1. alternative form of barn (child)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baren m

  1. definite singular of bar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baren m

  1. definite singular of bar

Swedish

Noun

baren

  1. definite singular of bar

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