varen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːrən

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• IPA: /vaː.rə(n)/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faranan.

Verb

varen (strong class 6 or mixed)

1. To sail; to go by boat
2. To ascend or descend
3. To fare

Conjugation

According to the official Groene Boekje (the legal spelling standard for Dutch), the preterite for most senses is voer. Only the sense “to fare” has the preterite form vaarde.

(most senses): Strong conjugation.

Conjugation of varen

infinitive	varen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vaar	voer
2nd person sing. (jij/u)	vaart	voer
2nd person sing. (gij)	vaart	voert
3rd person singular	vaart	voer
plural	varen	voeren
subjunctive sing.1	vare	voere
subjunctive plur.1	varen	voeren
imperative sing.	vaar
imperative plur.1	vaart
participles	varend	(hebben/zijn) gevaren
1) Archaic.

(to fare): Mixed conjugation.

Conjugation of varen

infinitive	varen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	vaar	vaarde
2nd person singular	vaart	vaarde
3rd person singular	vaart	vaarde
plural	varen	vaarden
subjunctive sing.1	vare	vaarde
subjunctive plur.1	varen	vaarden
imperative sing.	vaar
imperative plur.1	vaart
participles	varend	(hebben) gevaren
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

vaarder vaart vaartuig vaarwater welvaren

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *farn, from Proto-Germanic *farnan.

Noun

varen c. (plural varens, diminutive varentje)

1. fern

Anagrams

• ervan, raven

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Slovene

Adjective

varen m.

1. safe (not in danger)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at safe. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see varen in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Spanish

Verb

varen (infinitive varar)

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of varar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of varar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of varar.

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Swedish

Noun

varen

1. definite singular of var
2. definite plural of var

Verb

varen

1. Obsolete plural form of var, imperative of vara. 2nd person only

   Varen fruktsamma och föröken eder, och uppfyllen jorden.

   Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. (Genesis 9:1)

   Varen icke förskräckta

   Fear not (Luke 2:10)