gluren
Dutch
Etymology
First attested in early modern Dutch (as gluyeren, gloeren, glueren), from the mid-16th century onwards. Perhaps related to gloren, and possibly influenced by loeren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣlyː.rə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: glu‧ren
- Rhymes: -yrən
Verb
gluren
- (intransitive) to peek, peep, ogle, pry
- Onze kat zit verdacht vaak naar de parkiet te gluren. ― Our cat sits down suspiciously often to peek at the parakeet.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gluren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gluren | |||
| past singular | gluurde | |||
| past participle | gegluurd | |||
| infinitive | gluren | |||
| gerund | gluren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gluur | gluurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gluurt, gluur2 | gluurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gluurt | gluurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gluurt | gluurde | ||
| 3rd person singular | gluurt | gluurde | ||
| plural | gluren | gluurden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | glure | gluurde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gluren | gluurden | ||
| imperative sing. | gluur | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gluurt | |||
| participles | glurend | gegluurd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- aangluren
- afgluren
- begluren
- binnengluren
- nagluren
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gluren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute