koer

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See also: köer, køer, and kör

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: koer
  • Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cour.

Noun

koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Belgium) garden, yard (usually fenced)
  2. (Belgium) courtyard, yard
  3. (Belgium) schoolyard
  4. (Belgium) toilet, restroom (area)
    (Brabantian)
    "Juffra, 'k moe dringend naa de koer, of 't is in m'n broek!"
    Miss, I need to urgently to the restroom, or else it's in my pants!
Synonyms

(garden):

(courtyard):

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

koer

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

Estonian

koer (Labrador)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (“male, human”). Cognate with Finnish koira.

Pronunciation

Noun

koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)

  1. dog

Declension

Declension of koer (type koer)
singular plural
nominative koer koerad
genitive koera koerte / koerade
partitive koera koeri / koerasid
illative koera / koerasse koertesse / koeradesse
inessive koeras koertes / koerades
elative koerast koertest / koeradest
allative koerale koertele / koeradele
adessive koeral koertel / koeradel
ablative koeralt koertelt / koeradelt
translative koeraks koerteks / koeradeks
terminative koerani koerteni / koeradeni
essive koerana koertena / koeradena
abessive koerata koerteta / koeradeta
comitative koeraga koertega / koeradega

Synonyms

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

Noun

koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)

  1. woven basket
  2. skep, woven beehive

Further reading

  • “koer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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