# eren
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ɾən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.ɾen]

### Verb

eren
* third-person plural imperfect indicative of ser
* third-person plural imperfect indicative of ésser

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeːrə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eren
* Rhymes: -eːrən

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* eeren (obsolete spelling)

#### Verb

eren
* (transitive) to honor/honour, to pay homage/respects
    Een Prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd, den Koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geëerd.A prince of Orange am I, free, undaunted, the king of Spain I've always honoured.
* (transitive) to respect, hold in high regard
* (transitive) to adorn, decorate
    Synonyms: sieren, tooien, versieren
* (transitive) to (sometimes restore a fiancée's) honor by marriage

##### Synonyms

(honor):
* eer betuigen
(respect):
* respecteren
(adorn):
* sieren
* tooien

##### Derived terms

* eerbaar
* eerlijk
* eerzaam
* eerder
* ering
* onteren
* vereren

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: eer
* Negerhollands: eer

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

eren (not comparable)
* (obsolete) (made of) copper, cupreous, cupric, coppery
* (obsolete) (made of) bronze

##### Synonyms

(copper):
* koperen
(bronze):
* bronzen

### Etymology 3

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

#### Verb

eren
* (transitive, archaic) to plow (land)
* (intransitive, archaic) to work with a plough

##### Synonyms

(plow):
* ploegen
* beploegen
* doorploegen
* omploegen

##### Derived terms

* eerder
* eerlijn
* eerlint
* eerstok
* omeren

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

eren
* plural of eer

### Anagrams

* neer

## Hungarian
### Etymology

ér +‎ -en

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛrɛn]
* Hyphenation: eren

### Noun

eren
* superessive singular of ér

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From êre +‎ -en.

#### Verb

êren
* to honour, to dignify
* to worship

##### Descendants

* Dutch: eren
** Afrikaans: eer
* Limburgish: ieëre

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

ēren
* to plough

##### Alternative forms

* ērien

##### Descendants

* Dutch: eren
* Limburgish: aere

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

êren
* genitive/dative singular of êre

### Further reading

* “eren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eren (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eren (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English erian, from Proto-West Germanic *arjan, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną.

#### Alternative forms

* eeren, ere, erie, erye, eyr, herie, herye, heryȝen
* ærien, erien (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛːrən/, /ˈɛr(i)ən/

#### Verb

eren
* To plow/plough or cultivate.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) eren, ere | (to) eren, ere |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | ere | ered |
| 2nd-person singular | erest | eredest |
| 3rd-person singular | ereth | ered |
| subjunctive singular | ere | ered |
| imperative singular | ere | — |
| plural$^1$ | eren, ere | ereden, erede |
| imperative plural | ereth, ere | — |
| participles | erynge, erende | ered, yered |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Derived terms

* erable
* erere

##### Related terms

* erd
* erthe

##### Descendants

* English: ear (archaic)
* Scots: ear

##### References

* “ēren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English ēaran, plural form of ēare, from Proto-Germanic *ausōnō, plural form of *ausô; equivalent to ere (“ear”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

eren
* plural of ere (“auditory organ”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

eren
* Alternative form of ern (“eagle”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

eren
* Alternative form of iren

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

eren
* Alternative form of aren

## Sumerian
### Romanization

eren
* Romanization of 𒂞 (eren)