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Definition 2024


baren

baren

See also: barren, baron, bären, båren, Bären, and -båren

English

Noun

baren (plural baren or barens)

  1. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.

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Danish

Noun

baren c

  1. singular definite of bar

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

  1. (transitive) to bear, to give birth to
    • Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.
      She has borne a son.
  2. (transitive) to cause, to bring about
    • Dit baart me zorgen.
      This causes me worry.
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

  1. plural of baar

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baren m

  1. definite singular of bar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baren m

  1. definite singular of bar

Swedish

Noun

baren

  1. definite singular of bar