keuren

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Dutch

Etymology

From a merger of:

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkøːrə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -øːrən

Verb

keuren

  1. (transitive) to inspect, assess
    Je wilt niet dat de slager zijn eigen vlees keurt.
    You don't want a butcher to assess his own meat. (i.e., judgment of one's own work is unreliable due to bias)
  2. (transitive) to test, sample

Conjugation

Conjugation of keuren (weak)
infinitive keuren
past singular keurde
past participle gekeurd
infinitive keuren
gerund keuren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular keur keurde
2nd person sing. (jij) keurt, keur2 keurde
2nd person sing. (u) keurt keurde
2nd person sing. (gij) keurt keurde
3rd person singular keurt keurde
plural keuren keurden
subjunctive sing.1 keure keurde
subjunctive plur.1 keuren keurden
imperative sing. keur
imperative plur.1 keurt
participles keurend gekeurd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aukan: keli
  • Caribbean Javanese: kir
  • Papiamentu: kùr, keur

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