vuren
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch vuren (“to set on fire”), from Old Dutch *fiuron. Equivalent to vuur + -en.
Verb edit
vuren
- (intransitive) to fire, to shoot (a weapon)
- De soldaten vuurden hun geweren.
- The soldiers fired their rifles.
- Hij vuurde een waarschuwingsschot af.
- He fired a warning shot.
- Ze vuurde haar pistool zonder te aarzelen.
- She shot her pistol without hesitation.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vuren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vuren | |||
| past singular | vuurde | |||
| past participle | gevuurd | |||
| infinitive | vuren | |||
| gerund | vuren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | vuur | vuurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | vuurt | vuurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | vuurt | vuurde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | vuurt | vuurde | ||
| 3rd person singular | vuurt | vuurde | ||
| plural | vuren | vuurden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | vure | vuurde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | vuren | vuurden | ||
| imperative sing. | vuur | |||
| imperative plur.1 | vuurt | |||
| participles | vurend | gevuurd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: vuur
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch vurin, from Old Dutch *furīn, from Proto-Germanic *furhīnaz, from *furhō.
Adjective edit
vuren (not comparable)
- made of the wood of the Norway spruce
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vuren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vuren | |||
| inflected | vuren | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ||||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vuren | ||
| n. sing. | vuren | |||
| plural | vuren | |||
| definite | vuren | |||
| partitive | ||||
Etymology 3 edit
Substantivization of the adjective vuren.
Noun edit
vuren n (uncountable)
- wood of the Norway spruce (Picea abies)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
vuren