meren

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See also: měřen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch meren, from Old Dutch *mēron, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn. Cognate with English moor.

Verb

meren

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to moor
Conjugation
Conjugation of meren (weak)
infinitive meren
past singular meerde
past participle gemeerd
infinitive meren
gerund meren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular meer meerde
2nd person sing. (jij) meert, meer2 meerde
2nd person sing. (u) meert meerde
2nd person sing. (gij) meert meerde
3rd person singular meert meerde
plural meren meerden
subjunctive sing.1 mere meerde
subjunctive plur.1 meren meerden
imperative sing. meer
imperative plur.1 meert
participles merend gemeerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meren

  1. plural of meer

References

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “mairja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Finnish

Noun

meren

  1. genitive singular of meri

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meren (Cyrillic spelling мерен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of meriti

Vurës

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *marani, from Proto-Oceanic *ma + *raqani.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

meren

  1. day, daytime
  2. daylight, sunlight

References

  1. ^ Catriona Malau (September 2021) “meren”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 11
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