weren
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From Middle English weren, from Old English wǣron, plural past indicative of bēon, and wǣren, plural past subjunctive of bēon, equivalent to were + -en.
weren
From Middle Dutch wēren, from Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
weren
Conjugation of weren (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | weren | |||
past singular | weerde | |||
past participle | geweerd | |||
infinitive | weren | |||
gerund | weren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | weer | weerde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | weert, weer2 | weerde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | weert | weerde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | weert | weerde | ||
3rd person singular | weert | weerde | ||
plural | weren | weerden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | were | weerde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | weren | weerden | ||
imperative sing. | weer | |||
imperative plur.1 | weert | |||
participles | werend | geweerd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
weren
From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan.
wēren
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan.
wēren
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From a conflation of Old English wǣron, the plural indicative past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, the third-person plural indicative past of *wesaną) and Old English wǣren, the plural subjunctive past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzīn, the third-person plural subjunctive past of *wesaną).
weren
From Old English werian. Strong forms are analogical to beren, teren, etc.
weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered)
infinitive | (to) weren, were | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | were | wered, war, wer | |
2nd-person singular | werest | weredest, were, ware, war, wer | |
3rd-person singular | wereth | wered, war, wer | |
subjunctive singular | were | wered1, were1, ware1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | weren, were | wereden, werede, weren, were, waren, ware | |
imperative plural | wereth, were | — | |
participles | werynge, werende | wered, woren, worn, ywered |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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