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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch voer ("to feed")
Pronunciation
Verb
voer (present voer, present participle voerende, past participle gevoer)
- (transitive) to feed; to give food
Liné voer vir die kat roomys.- Liné feeds the cat ice cream.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vuːr/
- Hyphenation: voer
- Rhymes: -ur
Etymology 1
Contraction of voeder, from Middle Dutch voeder, from Old Dutch *fuoder, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr.
Noun
voer n (uncountable)
- fodder, grub, animal food, feed, (for humans) inferior food
De boer verdeelt het voer onder zijn vee.- The farmer distributes the fodder among his livestock.
Ik moet voer kopen voor mijn konijnen.- I need to buy grub for my rabbits.
Dit voer is rijk aan essentiële voedingsstoffen voor vogels.- This animal food is rich in essential nutrients for birds.
- (obsolete) bait
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: pur
Etymology 2
Contraction of voeder, from Middle Dutch voeder, from Old Dutch *fuothar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōþr.
Noun
voer n (uncountable)
- (wagon) load
- (obsolete) a wine measure, about a barrel
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
voer n (plural voeren, diminutive voertje n)
- (obsolete) act(ion), deed; business
- (obsolete) conduct
- (obsolete) attitude
- (obsolete) agitation; mischief
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
voer
- singular past indicative of varen
Verb
voer
- inflection of voeren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Preposition
voer
- Alternative spelling of vōre
Verb
voer
- first/third-person singular present indicative of vāren
Middle Low German
Preposition
voer
- for
Preposition
voer
- in front of