varen

varen

1. (auxiliary, with infinitive) alternative form of van

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɛn]

varen

1. genitive plural of varna

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: va‧ren
• Rhymes: -aːrən

From Middle Dutch vāren (“to go, travel”), from Old Dutch faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną. The restriction to “travel by water” comes (expectably) from the western dialects; the more general sense survives in the east, but is no longer part of standard Dutch.

varen

1. to sail, to go by boat, to navigate
2. to ascend or descend
3. to fare
4. (archaic or dialectal, eastern) to travel over land, to go by bike, car, train etc.

According to the official "Groene Boekje" (the legal spelling standard for Dutch), the past tense for most senses is strong. Only the sense “to fare” has a weak past tense form.

(most senses): Strong conjugation.

(to fare): Mixed conjugation.

• Afrikaans: vaar
• Negerhollands: vaar

From Middle Dutch varen, from Old Dutch *farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn.

varen f or m (plural varens, diminutive varentje n)

1. fern (plant of the class Polypodiopsida)

• Afrikaans: varing

• ervan, raven

varen

1. inflection of varar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Old Dutch faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran.

vāren

1. to go, to fare, to travel
2. to go, to move
3. to leave, to depart
4. to go away, to disappear
5. to ride
6. to sail, to go by boat
7. (auxiliary) to go

• vervāren

• Dutch: varen
• Limburgish: vare

From Old Dutch *fāron, *fār, *fāra, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”).

vâren

1. to fear, to be afraid
2. to scare, to frighten

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• vervâren

• Dutch: varen

• “varen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “varen (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “varen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “varen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

varen

1. alternative form of faren

From Old Saxon faran (“to go, to journey”).

varen

1. to journey, to travel

• German Low German: fahren

• vara

varen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of vare

varen m

1. definite singular of van

• arven, raven, nerva, nevra, vaner, varen, varne, verna

varen (Cyrillic spelling варен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of variti

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ʋàːrən/

várən (comparative várnejši, superlative nȁjvárnejši)

1. safe (not in danger)

• nevárən
• várnost

• “varen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

varen

1. inflection of varar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

varen

1. definite singular of var c (“various species of flatfish”)
2. definite plural of var n (“pus; pillowcase”)

varen

1. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative of vara
   • Genesis 9:1:

     Varen fruktsamma och föröken eder, och uppfyllen jorden.

     Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

   • Luke 2:10:

     Varen icke förskräckta

     Fear not

• Verna, arven, envar