Wiktionary

meren

See also: měřen

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch meren, from Old Dutch *mēron, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn, related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with English moor.

Verb edit

meren

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to moor
Inflection edit
Inflection of meren (weak)
infinitive meren
past singular meerde
past participle gemeerd
infinitive meren
gerund meren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meer meerde
2nd person sing. (jij) meert meerde
2nd person sing. (u) meert meerde
2nd person sing. (gij) meert meerde
3rd person singular meert meerde
plural meren meerden
subjunctive sing.1 mere meerde
subjunctive plur.1 meren meerden
imperative sing. meer
imperative plur.1 meert
participles merend gemeerd
1) Archaic.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

meren

  1. plural of meer

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Finnish edit

Noun edit

meren

  1. genitive singular of meri

Serbo-Croatian edit

Participle edit

meren (Cyrillic spelling мерен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of meriti

Vurës edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *marani, from Proto-Oceanic *ma + *raqani.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

meren

  1. day, daytime
  2. daylight, sunlight

References edit

  1. ^ Catriona Malau (September 2021) “meren”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 11
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