gluren

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in early modern Dutch (as gluyeren, gloeren, glueren), from the mid-16th century onwards. Perhaps related to gloren, and possibly influenced by loeren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlyː.rə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: glu‧ren
• Rhymes: -yrən

Verb

gluren

1. (intransitive) to peek, peep, ogle, pry

   Onze kat zit verdacht vaak naar de parkiet te gluren. ― Our cat sits down suspiciously often to peek at the parakeet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gluren (weak)
infinitive	gluren
past singular	gluurde
past participle	gegluurd
infinitive	gluren
gerund	gluren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	gluur	gluurde
2nd person sing. (jij)	gluurt, gluur2	gluurde
2nd person sing. (u)	gluurt	gluurde
2nd person sing. (gij)	gluurt	gluurde
3rd person singular	gluurt	gluurde
plural	gluren	gluurden
subjunctive sing.1	glure	gluurde
subjunctive plur.1	gluren	gluurden
imperative sing.	gluur
imperative plur.1	gluurt
participles	glurend	gegluurd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• aangluren
• afgluren
• begluren
• binnengluren
• nagluren

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gluren”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute