Wiktionary

leren

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːrə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch leren, from Old Dutch lēren, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

Verb edit

leren

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to learn, to study
  2. (transitive) to teach
Inflection edit
Conjugation of leren (weak)
infinitive leren
past singular leerde
past participle geleerd
infinitive leren
gerund leren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular leer leerde
2nd person sing. (jij) leert leerde
2nd person sing. (u) leert leerde
2nd person sing. (gij) leert leerde
3rd person singular leert leerde
plural leren leerden
subjunctive sing.1 lere leerde
subjunctive plur.1 leren leerden
imperative sing. leer
imperative plur.1 leert
participles lerend geleerd
1) Archaic.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
  • (antonym(s) of “to learn”): aanleren
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: leer
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lere
  • Negerhollands: leer, le, lie
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: lear, lair
  • → Saramaccan: léi, leren
  • → Sranan Tongo: leri

Noun edit

leren

  1. plural of leer

Etymology 2 edit

Contraction of lederen, from Middle Dutch lederijn, lederen (but also already leren). Equivalent to leer +‎ -en.

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

leren (not comparable)

  1. made of leather
Inflection edit
Declension of leren
uninflected leren
inflected leren
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. leren
n. sing. leren
plural leren
definite leren
partitive

Galician edit

Verb edit

leren

  1. inflection of ler:
    1. third-person plural future subjunctive
    2. third-person plural personal infinitive

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch lēren

Verb edit

lêren

  1. to learn
  2. to teach
  3. to tell

Inflection edit

Weak
Infinitive lêren
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive lêren
In genitive lêrens
In dative lêrene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular lêre —
2nd singular lêers, lêres —
3rd singular lêert, lêret —
1st plural lêren —
2nd plural lêert, lêret —
3rd plural lêren —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular lêre —
2nd singular lêers, lêres —
3rd singular lêre —
1st plural lêren —
2nd plural lêert, lêret —
3rd plural lêren —
Imperative Present
Singular lêer, lêre
Plural lêert, lêret
Present Past
Participle lêrende —

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English lǣran (“to teach”); see learn (“teach”) (etymology 2) for more.

Verb edit

leren

  1. to teach or instruct
    • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale, from The Canterbury Tales,
      He hath take on him many a great emprise,
      Which were full hard for any that is here
      To bring about, but they of him it lear.
  2. to guide or lead

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

Verb edit

lēren

  1. to learn
  2. to teach

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • “lēren”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, from *laizō (“lore”).

Akin to Old Saxon lērian, Old Dutch lēren, Old English lǣran, Old Norse læra, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laisjan).

Verb edit

lēren

  1. to teach

Descendants edit

See also edit

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