dorren

See also: dörren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dorren. Equivalent to dor + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.rə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dor‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɔrən

Verb

dorren

  1. (intransitive, literary) to wither
    Synonym: verwelken
  2. (ergative, archaic) to dry
    Synonym: drogen
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to dry out
    Synonym: uitdrogen

Inflection

Conjugation of dorren (weak)
infinitive dorren
past singular dorde
past participle gedord
infinitive dorren
gerund dorren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dordorde
2nd person sing. (jij) dortdorde
2nd person sing. (u) dortdorde
2nd person sing. (gij) dortdorde
3rd person singular dortdorde
plural dorrendorden
subjunctive sing.1 dorredorde
subjunctive plur.1 dorrendorden
imperative sing. dor
imperative plur.1 dort
participles dorrendgedord
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dorren, from Old High German dorrēn, from the root of dürr (dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔʁən]
  • Hyphenation: dor‧ren

Verb

dorren (weak, third-person singular present dorrt, past tense dorrte, past participle gedorrt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to become dry

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dorren” in Duden online
  • dorren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch durran.

Verb

dorren

  1. to dare, to have the courage to
  2. to be allowed to

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: durven (conflated in form with durven)
  • Limburgish: däöre, dörve

Further reading

  • dorren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dorren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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