baren

See also barren, and baron

English

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Etymology

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

• Abner
• Béarn
• brane
• NBAer

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Danish

Noun

baren c

1. singular definite of bar

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰére-. Compare English bear, Danish bære, Swedish bära.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːrən

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Verb

baren

1. To bear; to give birth to.
   • Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.
     • She has born a son.
2. To cause; to bring about.
   • Dit baart me zorgen.
     • This worries me. (literally: "This causes worries to me")

Conjugation

Conjugation of baren (weak)

infinitive	baren
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	baar	baarde
2nd person singular	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	(hebben) gebaard
1)Archaic.

Related terms

• boreling, geborene, nieuwgeborene, pasgeborene
• pasgeboren

See also

• geboren archaic past participle, only used with the meaning of "born".

Anagrams

• Béarn

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Swedish

Noun

baren

1. definite singular of bar