deur

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪør/

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Etymology 1

From Dutch deur, from Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

Noun

deur (plural deure, diminutive deurtjie)

1. door

Etymology 2

From Dutch door, from Middle Dutch dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

deur

1. through
2. by (indicating an agent)

Adverb

deur

1. through

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /døːr/, (Netherlands) [dʏːr]

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• Hyphenation: deur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)

1. door

Derived terms

• achterdeur
• autodeur
• bos hout voor de deur
• buitendeur
• dat doet de deur dicht
• deurbel
• deurbeleid
• deurbeslag
• deurduim
• deurgat
• deurgreep
• deurhamer
• deurhengsel
• deurklink
• deurklopper
• deurknop
• deurkozijn
• deurkruk
• deurmat
• deuropening
• deurpaneel
• deurpost
• deurraam
• deurring
• deurslot
• deurstijl
• deurstop
• draaideur
• kastdeur
• tussendeur
• voordeur
• zijdeur

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: deur
• Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
• Jersey Dutch: dœr
• Negerhollands: deur, deer, door

See also

• poort

Anagrams

• dure

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ʲiaɾ/

Noun

deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)

1. drop
2. tear, teardrop

   Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh. ― I am weary from the tears that I have wept.

3. any small quantity of liquid
4. brine

Derived terms

• deòir nam breugan (“crocodile tears”)
• deòiridh (“melancholy, tearful creature; poor desolate creature”)
• deurach (“tearful, weeping; sad, mourning; dropping”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

deur

1. through
2. by