varen

Signification

Verb

1. to sail, to go by boat, to navigate
2. to ascend or descend
3. to fare
4. (Eastern,archaic,dialectal) to travel over land, to go by bike, car, train etc.

Noun

fern (plant of the class Polypodiopsida)

Coupé comme

va‧ren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvaː.rə(n)/

Étymologie

From Middle Dutch vāren (“to go, travel”), from Old Dutch faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną. The restriction to “travel by water” comes (expectably) from the western dialects; the more general sense survives in the east, but is no longer part of standard Dutch.