varen

Meaning

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)

Concepts

fern

navigate

travel

ride

fare

sail

go

bracken

drive

wend

cruise

steer

swim

🏊

brake

move

Synonyms

rijden

gaan

karren

zich begeven

van stapel lopen

lopen

verlopen

navigeren

het maken

reizen

gesteld zijn

tippelen

🚶

treden

trekken

vaart

verdieping

vergaan

verscheiden

zeilen

zwemmen

🏊

sollen

zeilsport

bejagen

bootje varen

ervaren

etage

jagen

marcheren

op trektocht gaan

rondreizen

rondtrekken

schrijden

stappen

sterven

💀

Translations

fahren

naviguer

Farn

fougère

navegar

navegar

Farnkraut

helecho

aller

felce

viajar

andar

🚶

aller en véhicule

falguera

se déplacer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaː.rə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: vāren

Inherited from Old Dutch: faran

Inherited from Middle Dutch: varen

Inherited from Old Dutch: *farn

In summary

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.