voer

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See also: Voer, vœr, and vöër

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch voer ("to feed")

Pronunciation

Verb

voer (present voer, present participle voerende, past participle gevoer)

  1. (transitive) to feed; to give food
    Liné voer vir die kat roomys.
    Liné feeds the cat ice cream.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vuːr/
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  • 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)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete) bait
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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)

  1. (wagon) load
  2. (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)

  1. (obsolete) act(ion), deed; business
  2. (obsolete) conduct
  3. (obsolete) attitude
  4. (obsolete) agitation; mischief
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

voer

  1. singular past indicative of varen

Verb

voer

  1. inflection of voeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Preposition

voer

  1. Alternative spelling of vōre

Verb

voer

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of vāren

Middle Low German

Preposition

voer

  1. for

Preposition

voer

  1. in front of
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