deur

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪør/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Dutch deur, from Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

Noun

deur (plural deure, diminutive deurtjie)

  1. door

Etymology 2

From Dutch door, from Middle Dutch dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

deur

  1. through
  2. by (indicating an agent)

Adverb

deur

  1. through

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (doorway, door, gate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /døːr/, (Netherlands) [dʏːr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: deur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)

  1. door

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: deur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
  • Jersey Dutch: dœr
  • Negerhollands: deur, deer, door

See also

Anagrams

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (tear; drop) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥ʲiaɾ/

Noun

deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)

  1. drop
  2. tear, teardrop
    Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh.I am weary from the tears that I have wept.
  3. any small quantity of liquid
  4. brine

Derived terms

  • deòir nam breugan (crocodile tears)
  • deòiridh (melancholy, tearful creature; poor desolate creature)
  • deurach (tearful, weeping; sad, mourning; dropping)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), deur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), dér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

deur

  1. through
  2. by
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