koer

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See also: köer, køer, and kör

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: koer
  • Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French cour.

Noun

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koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Belgium) garden, yard (usually fenced)
  2. (Belgium) courtyard, yard
  3. (Belgium) schoolyard
  4. (Belgium) toilet, restroom (area)
    (Brabantian)
    "Juffra, 'k moe dringend naa de koer, of 't is in m'n broek!"
    Miss, I need to urgently [go] to the restroom, or else it's in my pants!
Synonyms
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(garden):

(courtyard):

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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koer

  1. inflection of koeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Estonian

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koer (Labrador)

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (male, human). Cognate with Finnish koira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯r/, [ˈkoe̯r]

Noun

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koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)

  1. dog

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

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Noun

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koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)

  1. woven basket
  2. skep, woven beehive

Further reading

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  • koer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011