keuren
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From a merger of:
- Middle Dutch coren (“to test, to assess”), from Old Dutch coron, from Proto-West Germanic *koʀōn. Still found in the derived form bekoren.
- Middle Dutch cueren (“to determine”), from Old Dutch *curien, from Proto-West Germanic *kuʀjan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
keuren
- (transitive) to inspect, assess
- Je wilt niet dat de slager zijn eigen vlees keurt.
- You don't want a butcher to assess his own meat. (i.e., judgment of one's own work is unreliable due to bias)
- (transitive) to test, sample
Inflection edit
Inflection of keuren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | keuren | |||
past singular | keurde | |||
past participle | gekeurd | |||
infinitive | keuren | |||
gerund | keuren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | keur | keurde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | keurt | keurde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | keurt | keurde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | keurt | keurde | ||
3rd person singular | keurt | keurde | ||
plural | keuren | keurden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | keure | keurde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | keuren | keurden | ||
imperative sing. | keur | |||
imperative plur.1 | keurt | |||
participles | keurend | gekeurd | ||
1) Archaic. |