bueren

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Cognate with German bohren, Dutch boren, English bore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːren/, [ˈbuə̯.ʀən], [ˈbuː.ʀən]
  • Rhymes: -uəʀən

Verb

bueren (third-person singular present buert, past participle gebuert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to bore, to drill

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive bueren
participle gebuert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular bueren
2nd singular buers buer
3rd singular buert
1st plural bueren
2nd plural buert buert
3rd plural bueren

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

  • ausbueren
  • duerchbueren
  • nobueren
  • opbueren
  • ubueren
  • virbueren

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *burien, from Proto-West Germanic *burjan.

Verb

bueren

  1. to raise
  2. to collect (money)

Inflection

Conjugation of bueren (weak)
infinitive base form bueren
genitive buerens
dative buerene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular buere buere
2nd person singular buers, bueres buers, bueres
3rd person singular buert, bueret buere
1st person plural bueren bueren
2nd person plural buert, bueret buert, bueret
3rd person plural bueren bueren
imperative
singular buer, buere
plural buert, bueret
present past
participle buerende

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: beuren
  • Limburgish: beure, bäöre

Further reading

  • bueren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “boren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page boren