deur

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪør/
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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

Noun

deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)

  1. door
    Ze opende de deur en stapte de kamer binnen.
    She opened the door and stepped into the room.
    De deur van het huis was blauw.
    The door of the house was blue.
    Hij klopte op de deur.
    He knocked on the door.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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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

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

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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