beren

See also: Beren and béren

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾen/ [be.ɾẽn]
• Rhymes: -eɾen
• Hyphenation: be‧ren

Etymology 1

Determiner

beren

1. genitive plural of bera (“he, she, it”)

   Synonym: bere

Etymology 2

Adjective

beren

1. superlative degree of bera (“soft”)

Declension

Declension of beren (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		beren	berena	berenak
ergative		berenek	berenak	berenek
dative		bereni	berenari	berenei
genitive		berenen	berenaren	berenen
comitative		berenekin	berenarekin	berenekin
causative		berenengatik	berenarengatik	berenengatik
benefactive		berenentzat	berenarentzat	berenentzat
instrumental		berenez	berenaz	berenez
inessive	anim.	berenengan	berenarengan	berenengan
	inanim.	berenetan	berenean	berenetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	berenetako	bereneko	berenetako
allative	anim.	berenengana	berenarengana	berenengana
	inanim.	berenetara	berenera	berenetara
terminative	anim.	berenenganaino	berenarenganaino	berenenganaino
	inanim.	berenetaraino	bereneraino	berenetaraino
directive	anim.	berenenganantz	berenarenganantz	berenenganantz
	inanim.	berenetarantz	berenerantz	berenetarantz
destinative	anim.	berenenganako	berenarenganako	berenenganako
	inanim.	berenetarako	berenerako	berenetarako
ablative	anim.	berenengandik	berenarengandik	berenengandik
	inanim.	berenetatik	berenetik	berenetatik
partitive		berenik	—	—
prolative		berentzat	—	—

Etymology 3

Adjective

beren

1. genitive plural of bera (“soft”)

Etymology 4

Noun

beren

1. genitive indefinite of be (“letter bee”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

beren

1. plural of beer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

Verb

bēren

1. (rare) to bear, to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “beren (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beoren, bearen, baren

Etymology

From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːrən/

Verb

beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)

1. to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of beren (strong class 4)

infinitive	(to) beren, bere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bere	bar, ber
2nd-person singular	berest	bere, bare, bar, ber
3rd-person singular	bereth	bar, ber
subjunctive singular	bere	bere1, bare1
imperative singular		—
plural2	beren, bere	beren, bere, baren, bare
imperative plural	bereth, bere	—
participles	berynge, berende	boren, bore, born, yboren, ybore, yborn

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: bear
• Scots: bere, beir
• Yola: ber, baar

References

• “bēren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ren/

Adjective

beren

1. (relational) barley

   beren hlāf

   barley bread

Declension

Declension of beren — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beren	beren	beren
Accusative	berenne	berene	beren
Genitive	berenes	berenre	berenes
Dative	berenum	berenre	berenum
Instrumental	berene	berenre	berene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Accusative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Genitive	berenra	berenra	berenra
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Declension of beren — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berena	berene	berene
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berene
Genitive	berenan	berenan	berenan
Dative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Instrumental	berenan	berenan	berenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Genitive	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.

Adjective

beren

1. Alternative form of biren

Declension

Declension of beren — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beren	beren	beren
Accusative	berenne	berene	beren
Genitive	berenes	berenre	berenes
Dative	berenum	berenre	berenum
Instrumental	berene	berenre	berene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Accusative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Genitive	berenra	berenra	berenra
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Declension of beren — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berena	berene	berene
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berene
Genitive	berenan	berenan	berenan
Dative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Instrumental	berenan	berenan	berenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Genitive	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum