/buːrɛn/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish borin, burin, from Old Norse borinn, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, the root of bära (“to carry, bear, lead up to”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Cognate with English born, and a doublet of buren.
- not-comparabledestined to, born to
- not-comparablerelated to someone by birth
“Swijka dhe sworne, och icke dhe borne .. (dvs.) Blod är altijd tiuckare än watn.” — The sworn betray, and not the born .. (that is) Blood is always thicker than water.
- common-gendera lake in Sweden, east of the town Motala in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal
Formerboren(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · -(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · -(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · boret(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · -(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · -(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · borna(indefinite, plural, positive) · -(comparative, indefinite, plural) · -(indefinite, plural, superlative) · borne(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · -(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · -(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · borne(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · -(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · -(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · borna(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · -(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · -(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative) · Borens(genitive)