meren
See also: měřen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: me‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
- Homophone: Meeren
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch meren, from Old Dutch *mēron, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn. Cognate with English moor.
Verb
meren
- (transitive or intransitive) to moor
Conjugation
| Conjugation of meren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meren | |||
| past singular | meerde | |||
| past participle | gemeerd | |||
| infinitive | meren | |||
| gerund | meren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | meer | meerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | meert, meer2 | meerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | meert | meerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | meert | meerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | meert | meerde | ||
| plural | meren | meerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | mere | meerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | meren | meerden | ||
| imperative sing. | meer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | meert | |||
| participles | merend | gemeerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: meer
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
meren
- plural of meer
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Finnish
Noun
meren
- genitive singular of meri
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
meren (Cyrillic spelling мерен)
- masculine singular passive past participle of meriti
Spanish
Verb
meren
- third-person plural present indicative of merer
Vurës
Etymology
From Proto-Torres-Banks *marani, from Proto-Oceanic *ma + *raqani.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈrɛn/
Noun
meren