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eren.

to honor/honour, to pay homage/respects

4 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈeːrə(n)/
  1. to honor/honour, to pay homage/respects

    transitive
    Een Prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd, den Koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geëerd.
  2. to respect, hold in high regard

    transitive
  3. to adorn, decorate

    transitive
  4. to (sometimes restore a fiancée's) honor by marriage

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch êren. Equivalent to eer + -en.

adj/ˈeːrə(n)/
  1. (made of) copper, cupreous, cupric, coppery

    not-comparable · obsolete
  2. (made of) bronze

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch êren, êrijn. Equivalent to eer (“copper, metal”) + -en.

verb/ˈeːrə(n)/
  1. to plow (land)

    archaic · transitive
  2. to work with a plough

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ēren, from Old Dutch *erien, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti.

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