beren

See also: Beren and béren

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾen/ [be.ɾẽn]
  • Rhymes: -eɾen, -en
  • Hyphenation: be‧ren

Etymology 1

Determiner

beren

  1. genitive plural of bera (he, she, it)
    Synonym: bere

Etymology 2

Adjective

beren

  1. superlative degree of bera (soft)
Declension
Declension of beren (adjective C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive beren berena berenak berenok
ergative berenek berenak berenek berenok
dative bereni berenari berenei berenoi
genitive berenen berenaren berenen berenon
comitative berenekin berenarekin berenekin berenokin
causative berenengatik berenarengatik berenengatik berenongatik
benefactive berenentzat berenarentzat berenentzat berenontzat
instrumental berenez berenaz berenez berenotaz
innesive anim. berenengan berenarengan berenengan berenongan
inan. berenetan berenean berenetan berenotan
locative anim.
inan. berenetako bereneko berenetako berenotako
allative anim. berenengana berenarengana berenengana berenongana
inan. berenetara berenera berenetara berenotara
terminative anim. berenenganaino berenarenganaino berenenganaino berenonganaino
inan. berenetaraino bereneraino berenetaraino berenotaraino
directive anim. berenenganantz berenarenganantz berenenganantz berenonganantz
inan. berenetarantz berenerantz berenetarantz berenotarantz
destinative anim. berenenganako berenarenganako berenenganako berenonganako
inan. berenetarako berenerako berenetarako berenotarako
ablative anim. berenengandik berenarengandik berenengandik berenongandik
inan. berenetatik berenetik berenetatik berenotatik
partitive berenik
prolative berentzat

Etymology 3

Adjective

beren

  1. genitive plural of bera (soft)

Etymology 4

Noun

beren

  1. genitive indefinite of be (letter bee)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

beren

  1. plural of beer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

bēren

  1. (rare) to bear, to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ̞ːrən/

Verb

beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)

  1. to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of beren (strong class 4)
infinitive (to) beren, bere
present tense past tense
1st-person singular bere bar, ber
2nd-person singular berest bere1, bare1
3rd-person singular bereth bar, ber
subjunctive singular bere bere2, bare2
imperative singular
plural3 beren, bere beren, bere, baren, bare
imperative plural bereth, bere
participles berynge, berende boren, bore, yboren, ybore

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or barest, berest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: bear
  • Scots: bere, beir
  • Yola: ber, baar

References

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.ren/

Adjective

beren

  1. (relational) barley
    beren hlāf
    barley bread
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.

Adjective

beren

  1. alternative form of biren
Declension

Old High German

Verb

bërēn

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of bëran