vuur

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch vuur, from Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Noun

vuur (plural vure, diminutive vuurtjie)

  1. fire, flame
  2. the shot from a weapon
  3. fervency, gusto
  4. a lighter
  5. (rare) gangrene
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch vuren, from Middle Dutch vuren (“to set on fire”), from Old Dutch *fiuron.

Verb

vuur (present vuur, present participle vuurende, past participle gevuur)

  1. to fire a weapon

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vyr/,
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  • Hyphenation: vuur
  • Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

Noun

vuur n (plural vuren, diminutive vuurtje n)

  1. fire
    We maakten een vuur om ons warm te houden tijdens de koude nacht.
    We made a fire to keep us warm during the cold night.
    Pas op voor het vuur, het kan je verbranden.
    Beware of the fire, it can burn you.
    Ze zaten rond het vuur en vertelden verhalen.
    They sat around the fire and told stories.
  2. heater
  3. (informal) a lighter
    Heb je vuur?
    Got a light?
  4. The act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire.
Alternative forms
  • vier (Southern Dutch)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vuur
  • Javindo: vier
  • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
  • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir

Adjective

vuur (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Great, amazing, extraordinary, dope.
    Zijn nieuwe album is vuur.
    His new album is fire.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vuur

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir.

Noun

vuur n

  1. fire
  2. bonfire
  3. passion

Inflection

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Alternative forms

Descendants

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