staren

See also: Staren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stāren, from Old Dutch *staron, from Proto-West Germanic *starēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːrə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -aːrən
• Hyphenation: sta‧ren

Verb

staren

1. (intransitive) to gaze, stare

   Synonym: turen

Inflection

Conjugation of staren (weak)
infinitive	staren
past singular	staarde
past participle	gestaard
infinitive	staren
gerund	staren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	staar	staarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	staart	staarde
2nd person sing. (u)	staart	staarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	staart	staarde
3rd person singular	staart	staarde
plural	staren	staarden
subjunctive sing.1	stare	staarde
subjunctive plur.1	staren	staarden
imperative sing.	staar
imperative plur.1	staart
participles	starend	gestaard
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aanstaren

Anagrams

• artsen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• starre

Etymology

From Old English starian, from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːrən/

Verb

staren

1. to look fixedly

Conjugation

Conjugation of staren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) staren, stare
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stare	stared
2nd-person singular	starest	staredest
3rd-person singular	stareth	stared
subjunctive singular	stare
imperative singular		—
plural1	staren, stare	stareden, starede
imperative plural	stareth, stare	—
participles	starynge, starende	stared, ystared

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: stare
• Yola: ztaared (preterite)

References

• “stāren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

staren m

1. definite singular of stare
2. definite singular of star

Swedish

Noun

staren

1. definite singular of stare

Anagrams

• artens, rasten, renast, renats, rensat, stenar, tenars, treans, tsaren