beren

See also: Beren and béren

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾen/ [be.ɾẽn]
• Rhymes: -eɾen, -en
• Hyphenation: be‧ren

Etymology 1

Determiner

beren

1. genitive plural of bera (“he, she, it”)

   Synonym: bere

Etymology 2

Adjective

beren

1. superlative degree of bera (“soft”)

Declension

Declension of beren (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		beren	berena	berenak	berenok
ergative		berenek	berenak	berenek	berenok
dative		bereni	berenari	berenei	berenoi
genitive		berenen	berenaren	berenen	berenon
comitative		berenekin	berenarekin	berenekin	berenokin
causative		berenengatik	berenarengatik	berenengatik	berenongatik
benefactive		berenentzat	berenarentzat	berenentzat	berenontzat
instrumental		berenez	berenaz	berenez	berenotaz
innesive	anim.	berenengan	berenarengan	berenengan	berenongan
	inan.	berenetan	berenean	berenetan	berenotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	berenetako	bereneko	berenetako	berenotako
allative	anim.	berenengana	berenarengana	berenengana	berenongana
	inan.	berenetara	berenera	berenetara	berenotara
terminative	anim.	berenenganaino	berenarenganaino	berenenganaino	berenonganaino
	inan.	berenetaraino	bereneraino	berenetaraino	berenotaraino
directive	anim.	berenenganantz	berenarenganantz	berenenganantz	berenonganantz
	inan.	berenetarantz	berenerantz	berenetarantz	berenotarantz
destinative	anim.	berenenganako	berenarenganako	berenenganako	berenonganako
	inan.	berenetarako	berenerako	berenetarako	berenotarako
ablative	anim.	berenengandik	berenarengandik	berenengandik	berenongandik
	inan.	berenetatik	berenetik	berenetatik	berenotatik
partitive		berenik	—	—	—
prolative		berentzat	—	—	—

Etymology 3

Adjective

beren

1. genitive plural of bera (“soft”)

Etymology 4

Noun

beren

1. genitive indefinite of be (“letter bee”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

beren

1. plural of beer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

Verb

bēren

1. (rare) to bear, to carry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “beren (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beoren, bearen, baren

Etymology

From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ̞ːrən/

Verb

beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)

1. to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of beren (strong class 4)

infinitive	(to) beren, bere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bere	bar, ber
2nd-person singular	berest	bere1, bare1
3rd-person singular	bereth	bar, ber
subjunctive singular	bere	bere2, bare2
imperative singular		—
plural3	beren, bere	beren, bere, baren, bare
imperative plural	bereth, bere	—
participles	berynge, berende	boren, bore, yboren, ybore

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or barest, berest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: bear
• Scots: bere, beir
• Yola: ber, baar

References

• “bēren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ren/

Adjective

beren

1. (relational) barley

   beren hlāf

   barley bread

Declension

Declension of beren — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beren	beren	beren
Accusative	berenne	berene	beren
Genitive	berenes	berenre	berenes
Dative	berenum	berenre	berenum
Instrumental	berene	berenre	berene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Accusative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Genitive	berenra	berenra	berenra
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Declension of beren — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berena	berene	berene
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berene
Genitive	berenan	berenan	berenan
Dative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Instrumental	berenan	berenan	berenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Genitive	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.

Adjective

beren

1. alternative form of biren

Declension

Declension of beren — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beren	beren	beren
Accusative	berenne	berene	beren
Genitive	berenes	berenre	berenes
Dative	berenum	berenre	berenum
Instrumental	berene	berenre	berene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Accusative	berene	berena, berene	beren
Genitive	berenra	berenra	berenra
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Declension of beren — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berena	berene	berene
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berene
Genitive	berenan	berenan	berenan
Dative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Instrumental	berenan	berenan	berenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Accusative	berenan	berenan	berenan
Genitive	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena	berenra, berenena
Dative	berenum	berenum	berenum
Instrumental	berenum	berenum	berenum

Old High German

Verb

bërēn

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of bëran