marien

See also: Marien

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French marin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːˈrin/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧rien
  • Rhymes: -in

Adjective

marien (not comparable)

  1. marine, relating to the sea

Usage notes

Common in scientific contexts, such as mariene biologie (marine biology) and marien ecosysteem (marine ecosystem). In everyday expressions, however, this meaning is usually conveyed simply with a compound with the word zee (sea) in front, as in zeebodem (sea floor) and zeedier (marine animal).

Not to be confused with marine (navy).

Declension

Declension of marien
uninflected marien
inflected mariene
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial marien
indefinite m./f. sing. mariene
n. sing. marien
plural mariene
definite mariene
partitive mariens

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈriːən/

Verb

marien

  1. to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of marien (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) marien, marie
present tense past tense
1st-person singular marie maried
2nd-person singular mariest mariedest
3rd-person singular marieth maried
subjunctive singular marie
imperative singular
plural1 marien, marie marieden, mariede
imperative plural marieth, marie
participles mariynge, mariende maried, ymaried

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: marry
  • Yola: marreet (preterite)

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