blèren
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bleren, from Old Dutch *blerien, from Proto-Germanic *blarjaną, probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with German plärren. The Dutch vowel phoneme /ɛː/ is normally restricted to French borrowings and interjections. It must be due here to the onomatopoeic character of the word or, less probably, to dialectal influence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛːrə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: blè‧ren
Verb
blèren
- (chiefly Netherlands, intransitive, informal) to cry or whine loudly
- Synonym: bleiten (chiefly Belgium)
- Mijn broertje houdt maar niet op met blèren over zijn kapotte laptop.
- My little brother just won't stop whining about his broken laptop.
Inflection
| Conjugation of blèren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blèren | |||
| past singular | blèrde | |||
| past participle | geblèrd | |||
| infinitive | blèren | |||
| gerund | blèren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | blèr | blèrde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | blèrt | blèrde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | blèrt | blèrde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | blèrt | blèrde | ||
| 3rd person singular | blèrt | blèrde | ||
| plural | blèren | blèrden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | blère | blèrde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | blèren | blèrden | ||
| imperative sing. | blèr | |||
| imperative plur.1 | blèrt | |||
| participles | blèrend | geblèrd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: blèr
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