roeren

roeren c

1. definite singular of roer

• IPA^(key): /ˈrurə(n)/, [ˈruːrə(n)]

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• Hyphenation: roe‧ren
• Rhymes: -urən

From Middle Dutch roeren, from Old Dutch ruoren, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.

roeren

1. (transitive) to stir, scramble
2. (transitive) to move, budge
3. (transitive, figuratively) touch, move (to cause emotion)
4. (transitive, music) to play an instrument

   Wanneer de virtuoos de trompet roerde was iedereen tot tranen geroerd.

   When the virtuoso played the trompet, everyone was moved to tears.

   • 1616, Willem Baudartius, “Belegheringhe ende in-neminghe der Stadt Grave, by sijn Excellentie Prins Maurits/ Anno 1602.”, in Afbeeldinge ende beschryvinghe van alle de veldslagen, belegeringen ende and're notabele geschiedenissen ghevallen in de Nederlanden‎^[1], page 770:

     ende nae eenighe apparentien ende dreyginghen van op sijner Excellentie Legher te sullen vallen/ is hy eyndelijck tusschen den xxii. ende xxiii. Augusti, des nachts / sonder Trommel of Trompet te roeren/ met sijnen gheheelen Legher te rugghe ghetoghen na Cuyck.

     and after some signs and threats to attack His Excellency's army, he finally departed at night between 22nd and 23rd August, without touching a drum or trumpet, with he entire army back to Cuijck.

   • 1856, Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck, “De Ontmoeting.”, in Gedichten‎^[2], page 125:

     Doch, even als mogten my vleugelen voeren,
     Voelde ik my gedwongen de snaren te roeren.

     Yet, as if wings could carry me,
     I felt compelled to stir the strings.

   • 1935-1936, Karel Vertommen, “De trommelaar”, in Volk‎^[3], volume 1, number 6, page 191:

     Hij stapte vooruit en hij roerde de trom
     door alle straten.
     Geen mens vroeg zich af waarheen of waarom,
     maar het dorp was verlaten.

     He stepped forward and he played the drum
     through all the streets.
     No one wondered where to or why,
     but the village was deserted.

   • 1607, Janus Dousa Filius, translated by Johan Koppenol, 'Ad Ianum Havtenum' (Poemata)‎^[4], page 129:

     De zangrige Orfeus heeft door 't roeren zyner snaaren
     Niet eerst het stroomend nat in zijnen loop gestuit:

     The songful Orpheus, by stirring his chords,
     Did not first stop the flowing wet in its course:

• Negerhollands: roer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

roeren

1. plural of roer

roeren

1. inflection of roer:
   1. third-person plural future subjunctive
   2. third-person plural personal infinitive

roeren m

1. definite singular of roer