vuren

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvy.rə(n)/, [ˈvyːrə(n)]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vu‧ren
  • Rhymes: -yrən
  • Homophone: Vuren

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vuren (to set on fire), from Old Dutch *fiuron. Equivalent to vuur + -en.

Verb

vuren

  1. (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
Inflection of vuren (weak)
infinitive vuren
past singular vuurde
past participle gevuurd
infinitive vuren
gerund vuren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vuurvuurde
2nd person sing. (jij) vuurtvuurde
2nd person sing. (u) vuurtvuurde
2nd person sing. (gij) vuurtvuurde
3rd person singular vuurtvuurde
plural vurenvuurden
subjunctive sing.1 vurevuurde
subjunctive plur.1 vurenvuurden
imperative sing. vuur
imperative plur.1 vuurt
participles vurendgevuurd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vuur

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vurin, from Old Dutch *furīn, from Proto-Germanic *furhīnaz, from *furhō.

Adjective

vuren (not comparable)

  1. made of the wood of the Norway spruce
Inflection
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

Substantivization of the adjective vuren.

Noun

vuren n (uncountable)

  1. wood of the Norway spruce (Picea abies)
Derived terms
  • vurenhout

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vuren

  1. plural of vuur
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