marien

See also: Marien

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French marin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˈrin/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧rien
• Rhymes: -in

Adjective

marien (not comparable)

1. marine, relating to the sea

Usage notes

Common in scientific contexts, such as mariene biologie (marine biology) and marien ecosysteem (marine ecosystem). In everyday expressions, however, this meaning is usually conveyed simply with a compound with the word zee (sea) in front, as in zeebodem (sea floor) and zeedier (marine animal).

Not to be confused with marine (navy).

Declension

Declension of marien
uninflected	marien
inflected	mariene
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		marien
indefinite	m./f. sing.	mariene
	n. sing.	marien
	plural	mariene
definite		mariene
partitive		mariens

Middle English

Alternative forms

• marie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmariːən/

Verb

marien

1. to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of marien (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) marien, marie
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	marie	maried
2nd-person singular	mariest	mariedest
3rd-person singular	marieth	maried
subjunctive singular	marie
imperative singular		—
plural1	marien, marie	marieden, mariede
imperative plural	marieth, marie	—
participles	mariynge, mariende	maried, ymaried

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: marry
• Yola: marreet (preterite)

References

• “marīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.