oer

See also: oer-, o'er, ör, and -ör

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

oer n (uncountable)

1. ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore

Synonyms

• ijzeroer

Derived terms

• oerbank

References

• Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Old Irish úar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːɨ̯r/
• IPA^(key): /ɔi̯r/
  • IPA^(key): /oːr/

Adjective

oer (feminine singular oer, plural oer, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf)

1. cold

   Mae hi’n oer tu allan.

   It’s cold outside.

Derived terms

• oeri
• oerfel

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
oer	unchanged	unchanged	hoer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-Germanic *uber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə̯r/

Preposition

oer

1. over, across

   oer lân of oer see

   over land or over sea

2. about, concerning

   ynformaasje oer rinnende saken

   information concerning current events

3. on, upon

Derived terms

• oersette
• oerwurk

Further reading

• “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011