nieren

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• Rhymes: -irən

nieren

1. plural of nier

From Middle High German nerren, from Old High German nerjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną, from *nesaną (“to survive, recover, heal”) + *-janą (causative). Cognate with German nähren.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniəʀən/

nieren (third-person singular present niert, past participle geniert, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to breastfeed