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Basque
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Determiner
beren
- genitive plural of bera (“he, she, it”)
- Synonym: bere
Etymology 2
Adjective
beren
- superlative degree of bera (“soft”)
Declension
Declension of beren (adjective, ending in consonant)
Etymology 3
Adjective
beren
- genitive plural of bera (“soft”)
Etymology 4
Noun
beren
- genitive indefinite of be (“letter bee”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
beren
- plural of beer
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.
Verb
bēren
- (rare) to bear, to carry
Inflection
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Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.
Pronunciation
Verb
beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)
- to bear
Conjugation
infinitive
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(to) beren, bere
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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bere
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bar, ber
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2nd-person singular
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berest
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bere, bare, bar, ber
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3rd-person singular
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bereth
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bar, ber
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subjunctive singular
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bere
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bere1, bare1
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imperative singular
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—
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plural2
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beren, bere
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beren, bere, baren, bare
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imperative plural
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bereth, bere
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—
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participles
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berynge, berende
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boren, bore, born, yboren, ybore, yborn
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere + -en.
Pronunciation
Adjective
beren
- (relational) barley
Declension
Declension of beren — Strong
Declension of beren — Weak
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.
Adjective
beren
- Alternative form of biren
Declension
Declension of beren — Strong
Declension of beren — Weak