keuren

Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːrə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -øːrən

Verb

keuren

1. (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)

2. (transitive) to test, sample

Conjugation

Conjugation of keuren (weak)
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, keur2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• afkeuren
• bekeuren
• goedkeuren

Descendants

• → Aukan: keli
• → Caribbean Javanese: kir
• → Papiamentu: kùr, keur

Anagrams

• kreune, reuken