staren

See also: Staren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stāren, from Old Dutch *staron, from Proto-West Germanic *starēn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːrə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -aːrən
  • Hyphenation: sta‧ren

Verb

staren

  1. (intransitive) to gaze, stare
    Synonym: turen

Conjugation

Conjugation of staren (weak)
infinitive staren
past singular staarde
past participle gestaard
infinitive staren
gerund staren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular staar staarde
2nd person sing. (jij) staart, staar2 staarde
2nd person sing. (u) staart staarde
2nd person sing. (gij) staart staarde
3rd person singular staart staarde
plural staren staarden
subjunctive sing.1 stare staarde
subjunctive plur.1 staren staarden
imperative sing. staar
imperative plur.1 staart
participles starend gestaard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English starian, from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starāną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːrən/

Verb

staren

  1. to look fixedly

Conjugation

Conjugation of staren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) staren, stare
present tense past tense
1st-person singular stare stared
2nd-person singular starest staredest
3rd-person singular stareth stared
subjunctive singular stare
imperative singular
plural1 staren, stare stareden, starede
imperative plural stareth, stare
participles starynge, starende stared, ystared

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

Descendants

  • English: stare
  • Yola: ztaared (preterite)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

staren m

  1. definite singular of stare
  2. definite singular of star

Swedish

Noun

staren

  1. definite singular of stare

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