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baren
baren
English
Noun
baren (plural baren or barens)
- A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaːrə(n)/
- Rhymes: -aːrən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch baren. The a in the stem and the weak inflection are unetymological, but their origin is unknown. The form displaced the older strong beren (still found in modern ontberen), from Old Dutch *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Verb
baren
- (transitive) to bear, to give birth to
- Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.
- She has borne a son.
- Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.
- (transitive) to cause, to bring about
- Dit baart me zorgen.
- This causes me worry.
- Dit baart me zorgen.
Inflection
The strong past participle geboren is also used, but only with the meaning "given birth, born".
| Inflection of baren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | baren | |||
| past singular | baarde | |||
| past participle | gebaard | |||
| infinitive | baren | |||
| gerund | baren n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | baar | baarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | baart | baarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | baart | baarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | baart | baarde | ||
| 3rd person singular | baart | baarde | ||
| plural | baren | baarden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bare | baarde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | baren | baarden | ||
| imperative sing. | baar | |||
| imperative plur.1 | baart | |||
| participles | barend | gebaard | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
baren
- plural of baar