duur

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duur.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

duur (attributive dure, comparative duurder, superlative duurste)

  1. expensive

Descendants

  • Fwe: dùrà
  • Kalanga: tura
  • Shona: -dhura
    Chichewa: -dula
  • Xhosa: -duru

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Adjective

duur (comparative duurder, superlative duurst)

  1. expensive, dear
    De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde.
    The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which went for $3.5 million in 2006.
Declension
Declension of duur
uninflected duur
inflected dure
comparative duurder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial duur duurder het duurst
het duurste
indefinite m./f. sing. dure duurdere duurste
n. sing. duur duurder duurste
plural dure duurdere duurste
definite dure duurdere duurste
partitive duurs duurders
Descendants

Etymology 2

From duren.

Noun

duur m (uncountable)

  1. duration
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duur

  1. inflection of duren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Somali

Noun

duur ?

  1. forest