moer

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See also: möer and mör

English

Etymology

Afrikaans moer

Verb

moer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)

  1. (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch moer.

Noun

moer (plural moere)

  1. nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
    Ek draai die moer vas
  2. seed tuber

Etymology 2

From Dutch moer.

Noun

moer (uncountable)

  1. dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)

  1. to hit someone very hard
    Ek gaan jou hard moer.I'm gonna beat the shit out of you.
Descendants
  • English: moer

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mur/,
  • Hyphenation: moer
  • Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

Contraction of moeder (mother) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. (rare, archaic) mother
  2. sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre
  3. a queen bee
  4. a female hare
  5. a female rabbit
  6. a female ferret
  7. the main in a structure; general version.
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Descendants
  • Papiamentu: moer (dated)

Etymology 2

A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (mother) +‎ schroef (bolt).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
  2. (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
    Het kan me geen moer schelen.
    I do not care at all.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Caribbean Javanese: mur
  • Indonesian: mur
  • Papiamentu: mur, moer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch moer (morass), from Old Dutch *mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (lake). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (moor, marsh).

Noun

moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. morass, marsh, peat
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Etymology 4

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

moer ?

  1. Alternative form of muur chickweed

References

  • van Veen, P.A.F.; van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht; Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

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French

Noun

moer f (plural moers)

  1. morass

Galician

Moendo millo ("milling corn") in a traditional watermill

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere (to mill), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush). Compare Portuguese moer.

Pronunciation

Verb

moer (first-person singular present moio, first-person singular preterite moín, past participle moído, short past participle mudo)
moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moim or moí, past participle moído, short past participle mudo, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, to crush

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References

  • moer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • moer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • moer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • moer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • moer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German mager, from Old High German magar, from Proto-West Germanic *magr. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.

Pronunciation

Adjective

moer (masculine moren or moeren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)

  1. lean
  2. skinny, meagre

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

moer

  1. indefinite plural of mo m
  2. indefinite plural of moe m

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

moer f

  1. obsolete typography of mor
    • 1669, “Højr nu kiær SIRI mi”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 48:
      højr Moer æg nu mæ dæg til Kioppinhaffn vil fara
      listen, Mother: Now I want to go to Copenhagen with you

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin molere.

Pronunciation

Verb

moer

  1. to mill
  2. to grind, crush

Descendants

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere. Compare Galician moer.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧er

Verb

moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moí, past participle moído)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, crush
    Synonym: esmagar
  3. (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire; exhaust
    Synonyms: cansar, fatigar

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