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Boren
Boren
See also: boren
Swedish
Proper noun
Boren
- a lake in Sweden, east of the town Motala in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal
boren
boren
See also: Boren
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboːrə(n)/
- Rhymes: -oːrən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch boren, from Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
Verb
boren
- (transitive) to drill
Inflection
| Inflection of boren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boren | |||
| past singular | boorde | |||
| past participle | geboord | |||
| infinitive | boren | |||
| gerund | boren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boor | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boort | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boort | boorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boort | boorde | ||
| 3rd person singular | boort | boorde | ||
| plural | boren | boorden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bore | boorde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | boren | boorden | ||
| imperative sing. | boor | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boort | |||
| participles | borend | geboord | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
boren
- Plural form of boor
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
boren n, m
- definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)
Swedish
Adjective
boren (not comparable)
Declension
| Inflection of boren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | boren | — | — |
| Neuter singular | boret | — | — |
| Plural | borna | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | borne | — | — |
| All | borna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||