baren

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baren"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren).

Noun

baren (plural baren or barens)

1. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
2. Any of several similar printing tools with a low-friction bumpy surface, made of ball bearings, glass, plastic, or other materials.

Anagrams

• Abner, Beran, Béarn, NBAer, Naber, benar, brane

Danish

Noun

baren c

1. definite singular of bar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːrə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ren
• Rhymes: -aːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baren. The a in the stem and the weak inflection are unetymological, but their origin is unknown. The form developed from and displaced the older strong beren (still found in modern ontberen), from Old Dutch beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

baren

1. (transitive) to bear, to give birth to

   Zij heeft een zoon gebaard.

   She has borne a son.

2. (transitive) to cause, to bring about

   Dit baart me zorgen.

   This causes me worry.

Inflection

The strong past participle geboren is also used, but only with the meaning "given birth, born".

Conjugation of baren (weak)
infinitive	baren
past singular	baarde
past participle	gebaard
infinitive	baren
gerund	baren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	baar	baarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	baart	baarde
2nd person sing. (u)	baart	baarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	baart	baarde
3rd person singular	baart	baarde
plural	baren	baarden
subjunctive sing.1	bare	baarde
subjunctive plur.1	baren	baarden
imperative sing.	baar
imperative plur.1	baart
participles	barend	gebaard
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• baarder
• baarkruk
• Baarlem
• baarlid
• baarmoeder
• barensnood
• barenspijn
• barenswee
• baring
• gebaren
• levendbarend
• oefening baart kunst
• opzienbarend
• schrikbarend
• zorgbarend

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: baer
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: pari (archaic)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baren

1. plural of baar

Anagrams

• Béarn

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

baren

1. inflection of bar:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Verb

bāren

1. to bear, to carry
2. to give birth to

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: baren

Further reading

• “baren (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “baren (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Etymology 2

Noun

baren n or m

1. child
2. hero

Derived terms

• euvelbaren (“devil”)
• moederbaren (“human”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

baren

1. Alternative form of bareyne

Etymology 2

Noun

baren

1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baren m

1. definite singular of bar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baren m

1. definite singular of bar

Swedish

Noun

baren

1. definite singular of bar

Anagrams

• benar