moer

See also: möer and mör

English

Etymology

Afrikaans moer

Verb

moer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)

1. (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.

Anagrams

• -more, Mero, More, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, more, omer

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muːr]

Etymology 1

From Dutch moer.

Noun

moer (plural moere)

1. nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt

   Ek draai die moer vas

2. seed tuber

Etymology 2

From Dutch moer.

Noun

moer (uncountable)

1. dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)

1. to hit someone very hard

   Ek gaan jou hard moer. ― I'm gonna beat the shit out of you.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur/, [muːr]
• Hyphenation: moer
• Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by syncope of medial /d/.

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. (rare, archaic) mother
2. a queen bee
3. a female hare
4. a female rabbit
5. a female ferret

Synonyms

• (mother): moeder, ma, mama
• (queen bee): bijenkoningin
• (female hare): moershaas
• (female rabbit): moerkonijn

Derived terms

• hellemoer
• moershaas
• moerkonijn
• moerstaal
• moerschroef
• moersleutel

Etymology 2

A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
2. (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)

   Het kan me geen moer schelen.

   I do not care at all.

Etymology 3

Contraction of moeder, a dialectal variant of modder (“mud”).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch moer (“morass”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (“lake”). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”).

Noun

moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. morass, marsh, peat

Related terms

• moeren

Etymology 5

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

moer ?

1. Alternative form of muur chickweed

References

• van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

Anagrams

• more, roem, Rome

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Galician

Moendo millo ("milling corn") in a traditional watermill

Etymology

13th century. From Latin molere (“to mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈeɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to mill
2. (transitive) to grind, to crush

Related terms

• amoado (“liquid dough; mixture”)
• moa (“molar; millstone”)
• moenda (“action of milling”)
• muíña (“chaff”)
• muíño (“mill”)
• muiñeira (Galician traditional dance and bagpipe music)

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “moer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moː(e)ʀ/, [ˈmoː.ɐ]

Adjective

moer (masculine moren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)

1. lean
2. skinny, meagre

Declension

declension of moer

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass moer	si ass moer	et ass moer	si si(nn) moer
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	moeren	moer	moert	moer
	independent without determiner			moeres	moerer
dative	after any declined word	moeren	moerer	moeren	moeren
	as first declined word	moerem		moerem

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō (“I grind, I mill”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmweɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to mill
2. (transitive) to grind, crush
3. (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire; exhaust

Synonyms

• (to crush): esmagar
• (to tire): cansar, fatigar

Derived terms

• moagem
• moedor

Related terms

• moenda
• mó
• moinho
• moleiro