keuren

  1. (transitive) to inspect, assess
  2. (transitive) to test, sample

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkøːrə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From a merger of: * Middle Dutch coren (“to test, to assess”), from Old Dutch coron, from Proto-West Germanic *koʀōn. Still found in the derived form bekoren. * Middle Dutch cueren (“to determine”), from Old Dutch *curien, from Proto-West Germanic *kuʀjan.

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