warren

See also: Warren

English

Etymology

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne, from Old French guarenne, garenne, probably from a Germanic *warinne "game park", from the root *war- of Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”) (cf. also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root). Alternatively the Old French may have derived from a Gaulish varenna (“enclosed area”), related to varros (“post”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɒrən

Noun

warren (plural warrens)

1. The system of burrows where rabbits live.
2. (figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
3. A heart-shaped hoe.

Derived terms

• warrener

Translations

rabbit warren

• French: garenne (fr)
• Irish: coinicéar m
• Romanian: vizuină (ro) f

• Russian: кроличий (kroličij) садок (sadok) (króličij sadók)m
• Welsh: cwningar m

labyrinthine place

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• Serbian: zečarnik

Anagrams

• warner, Warner

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Dutch

Noun

warren

1. Plural form of war

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Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon werðan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

Verb

warren (past singular woor or worr, past participle worren, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (copulative) to become

   Ick wull alltiet Lehrer warren. — I always wanted to become a teacher.

2. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.

   Se warrt reddt. — They are being saved.

   Dat Huus woor mahlt. — The house was being painted.

   Dat Huus schall/will mahlt warren. — The house will be painted. / The wall is going to be painted.

   Note: The perfect tense passive is formed using wesen.

3. (intransitive) to become; to get; to grow; to turn to be

   Dat warrt hitter.

   It's getting hotter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of warren (stronge class 3 verb)

infinitive	warren
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	warr	woor, worr
2nd person singular	warrst	woorst, worrst
3rd person singular	warrt	woor, worr
plural	warrt	woren, worren
imperative	present	—
singular	warr
plural	warrt
participle	present	past
	warren	worren