düür

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • deier (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German (*)diuri, northern variant of tiuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

düür (masculine düüre, feminine düür, comparative düürer or düürter, superlative et düürste or düürtste)

  1. (Ripuarian) expensive
    • 1993, “Op dem Maat”‎performed by De Räuber:
      En Maatfrau schreit us voller Bross: „D’r Koppschlot drei Mark vier!“
      Met Lüüs un Schnecke inklusiv, dat es doch nit ze düür.
      A market woman is shouting at the top of her voice: “A head of lettuce three marks and four !”
      With lice and snails included, that’s really not too expensive.