voeren
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvuːrə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: voe‧ren
- Rhymes: -urən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch voeren, from Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, causative of *faraną (modern varen).
Verb
voeren
- (transitive) to guide, lead
- Hij voerde de groep door het museum. ― He led the group through the museum.
- De herder voerde zijn schapen naar de weide. ― The shepherd guided his sheep to the pasture.
- Kun je ons voeren naar het dichtstbijzijnde treinstation? ― Can you lead us to the nearest train station?
- (transitive) to wage (war)
- Het land voerde jarenlang oorlog tegen zijn buurman. ― The country waged war against its neighbor for many years.
- Ze voerden een stille oorlog, voornamelijk door middel van economische sancties. ― They waged a silent war, mainly through economic sanctions.
- Hoe kun je een oorlog voeren en tegelijkertijd vrede prediken? ― How can you wage war and preach peace at the same time?
Inflection
| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
A contraction of voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen, from voeder (“lining”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr (“sheath”).
Inflection
| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
A contraction of voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen. Equivalent to voer + -en.
Alternative forms
Inflection
| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: voer
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan.
Verb
voeren
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “voeren (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “voeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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