duur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duur.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [dyr]

Adjective

duur (attributive dure, comparative duurder, superlative duurste)

1. expensive

Descendants

• → Fwe: dùrà
• → Kalanga: tura
• → Shona: -dhura

  → Chichewa: -dula

• → Xhosa: -duru

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyr/, [dyːr], [dyər]

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• Hyphenation: duur
• Rhymes: -yr
• Homophone: Duur

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Adjective

duur (comparative duurder, superlative duurst)

1. expensive, dear

   De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde.

   The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which went for $3.5 million in 2006.

Inflection

Declension of duur
uninflected	duur
inflected	dure
comparative	duurder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		duur	duurder	het duurst het duurste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	dure	duurdere	duurste
	n. sing.	duur	duurder	duurste
	plural	dure	duurdere	duurste
definite		dure	duurdere	duurste
partitive		duurs	duurders	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: duur
  • → Fwe: dùrà
  • → Kalanga: tura
  • → Shona: -dhura
    • → Chichewa: -dula
  • → Xhosa: -duru
• Berbice Creole Dutch: diru
• Javindo: dier
• Negerhollands: duur, dyer
• →? Sranan Tongo: diri
  • → Saramaccan: díi

Etymology 2

From duren.

Noun

duur m (uncountable)

1. duration

Derived terms

• duurzaam
• langdurig
• levensduur
• op den duur
• tijdsduur

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: duur

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duur

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

Anagrams

• Ruud, Urdu

Somali

Noun

duur ?

1. forest