boren

See also: Boren and bořen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːrə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ren
  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bōren, from Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

Verb

boren

  1. (transitive) to drill
Inflection
Conjugation of boren (weak)
infinitive boren
past singular boorde
past participle geboord
infinitive boren
gerund boren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular boorboorde
2nd person sing. (jij) boortboorde
2nd person sing. (u) boortboorde
2nd person sing. (gij) boortboorde
3rd person singular boortboorde
plural borenboorden
subjunctive sing.1 boreboorde
subjunctive plur.1 borenboorden
imperative sing. boor
imperative plur.1 boort
participles borendgeboord
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: boor
  • Negerhollands: boor
  • Papiamentu: bora, borá
  • ? Sranan Tongo: boro
    • Caribbean Javanese: boro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boren

  1. plural of boor

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

Verb

bōren

  1. to drill

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive bōren
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive bōren
In genitive bōrens
In dative bōrene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular bōre
2nd singular bōors, bōres
3rd singular bōort, bōret
1st plural bōren
2nd plural bōort, bōret
3rd plural bōren
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular bōre
2nd singular bōors, bōres
3rd singular bōre
1st plural bōren
2nd plural bōort, bōret
3rd plural bōren
Imperative Present
Singular bōor, bōre
Plural bōort, bōret
Present Past
Participle bōrende

Derived terms

  • tebōren

Descendants

  • Dutch: boren
  • Limburgish: baore

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

boren n or m

  1. definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

boren n or m

  1. definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)

Old English

Verb

boren

  1. past participle of beran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish borin, burin, from Old Norse borinn, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, the root of bära (to carry, bear, lead up to). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Cognate with English born, and a doublet of buren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːrɛn/

Adjective

boren (not comparable)

  1. destined to, born to
  2. related to someone by birth
    • 1665, Christopher L. Grubb, Penu proverbiale dhet är: ett ymnigt förrådh aff allehanda gambla och nya swenska ordseeder och lährespråk:
      Swijka dhe sworne, och icke dhe borne .. (dvs.) Blod är altijd tiuckare än watn.
      The sworn betray, and not the born .. (that is) Blood is always thicker than water.

Declension

Inflection of boren
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular boren
Neuter singular boret
Plural borna
Masculine plural3 borne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 borne
All borna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

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Further reading

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