baren

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren).

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.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

baren c

  1. singular definite of bar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːrə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːrən
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baren. The a in the stem and the weak inflection are unetymological, but their origin is unknown. The form developed from and 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

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

baren

  1. plural of baar

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

baren

  1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

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
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