sieren

Meaning

1. (transitive) to adorn, to decorate
2. (transitive) to befit, to be appropriate for
3. (transitive) to be nice of, to be decent of

Concepts

ornament

adorn

decorate

bedeck

embellish

evade

steer clear of

avert

avoid

dodge

duck

🦆

shirk

sidestep

circumvent

grace

elude

Synonyms

versieren

decoreren

opsieren

tooien

uitdossen

vermijden

mijden

uit de weg gaan

ridderen

onderscheiden

ontwijken

opsmukken

Hyphenated as

sie‧ren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsirə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cieren

Cognate with German: zieren

In summary

From Middle Dutch cieren, tsieren, sieren, borrowed from Middle High German zieren. Cognate with German zieren and the inherited form tieren.