boren

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːrə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ren
• Rhymes: -oːrən

From Middle Dutch bōren, from Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

boren

1. (transitive) to drill

• Afrikaans: boor
• Negerhollands: boor
• → Papiamentu: bora, borá
• →? Sranan Tongo: boro
  • → Caribbean Javanese: boro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boren

1. plural of boor

From Old Dutch *boron, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

bōren

1. to drill

• tebōren

• Dutch: boren
• Limburgish: baore

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

• boret

boren n or m

1. definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)

• boret

boren n or m

1. definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)

boren

1. past participle of beran

From Old Swedish borin, burin, from Old Norse borinn, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, the root of bära (“to carry, bear, lead up to”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Cognate with English born, and a doublet of buren.

• IPA^(key): /buːrɛn/

boren (not comparable)

1. destined to, born to
2. related to someone by birth
   • 1665, Christopher L. Grubb, Penu proverbiale dhet är: ett ymnigt förrådh aff allehanda gambla och nya swenska ordseeder och lährespråk:

     Swijka dhe sworne, och icke dhe borne .. (dvs.) Blod är altijd tiuckare än watn.

     The sworn betray, and not the born .. (that is) Blood is always thicker than water.

• friboren
• välboren

• yverboren

• boren in Svensk ordbok.

• benor