different between baren vs barken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (baren).

Noun

baren (plural baren or barens)

1. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.

Anagrams

• Abner, Beran, Béarn, NBAer, Naber, benar, brane

Danish

Noun

baren c

1. definite singular of bar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?r?(n)/
• Hyphenation: ba?ren
• Rhymes: -a?r?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baren. The a in the stem and the weak inflection are unetymological, but their origin is unknown. The form developed from and displaced the older strong beren (still found in modern ontberen), from Old Dutch beran, from Proto-Germanic *beran?. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?er-.

Verb

baren

1. (transitive) to bear, to give birth to
2. (transitive) to cause, to bring about

Inflection

The strong past participle geboren is also used, but only with the meaning "given birth, born".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

baren

1. plural of baar

Anagrams

• Béarn

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Verb

b?ren

1. to bear, to carry
2. to give birth to

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: baren

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

baren

1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baren m

1. definite singular of bar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baren m

1. definite singular of bar

Swedish

Noun

baren

1. definite singular of bar

Anagrams

• benar

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??(?)k?n/

Etymology 1

From bark +? -en.

Adjective

barken (not comparable)

1. (poetic) Made of bark.
   • 1871, John Greenleaf Whittier, "Nauhaught, the Deacon", in Miriam, and Other Poems

     barken knots

Etymology 2

From bark +? -en.

Verb

barken (third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
   • 1908, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, or, The astrologer:

     "The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

References

barken in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.barken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Banker, banker

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark?n/, [?b?????n?]

Noun

barken c

1. definite singular of bark

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rk?n

Noun

barken

1. Plural form of bark

Anagrams

• braken

Middle English

Verb

barken

1. Alternative form of berken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Swedish

Noun

barken

1. definite singular of bark

Anagrams

• banker