voeren

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvu.rə(n)/, [vuː-] Hyphenation: voe‧ren Rhymes: -urən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch voeren, from Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, causative of *faraną (modern varen). ==== Verb ==== voeren (transitive) to guide, lead Hij voerde de groep door het museum. ― He led the group through the museum. De herder voerde zijn schapen naar de weide. ― The shepherd guided his sheep to the pasture. (transitive) to wage (war) Het land voerde jarenlang oorlog tegen zijn buurman. ― The country waged war against its neighbor for many years. Ze voerden een stille oorlog, voornamelijk door middel van economische sancties. ― They waged a silent war, mainly through economic sanctions. Hoe kun je een oorlog voeren en tegelijkertijd vrede prediken? ― How can you wage war and preach peace at the same time? (transitive) to bear a coat of arms De gemeenten Ename en Nederename voeren het wapen van het aloude klooster van Ename. ― The municipalities of Ename and Nederename bear the coat of arms of the ancient monastery of Ename. (transitive) to bear a name unofficially or semi-officially (e.g. in the Middle Ages when names were not entirely fixed yet). Zij voert de naam Van Diepenheim. ― She bears the name Van Diepenheim. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: voer Negerhollands: voer === Etymology 2 === A contraction of voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen, from voeder (“lining”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr (“sheath”). ==== Verb ==== voeren (transitive) to line (cover the inner surface) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch voeren, a contraction of voederen (with regular loss of intervocalic d, cf. broer etc.), from Old Dutch fuoderen. By surface analysis, voer +‎ -en. Per se, the Middle Dutch form may have been merged with an Old Dutch *fuoron, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrōn, whence Old High German fuorōn, Middle High German vuoren, Alemannic German fuere (“to feed”). However, this word appears to be restricted to High German and specifically the southern dialects thereof. ==== Verb ==== voeren (transitive) to feed Synonyms: voederen, voeden ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: voer === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== voeren inflection of varen: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan. === Verb === voeren to bring, to carry, to transport to lead (a person) to take (a person, under force) to carry on one's person, to have on oneself to carry out to export, to bring out of the city or land ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: voerenAfrikaans: voerNegerhollands: voer Limburgish: veure === Further reading === “voeren (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “voeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I