Buur

• Boor (Kölsch; especially older, now also Buur)
• Bouer, Bauer (Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German būre, from Old High German *būro, byform of gibūro, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”).

• IPA^(key): /buə̯/

Buur m (plural Buure)

1. (Ripuarian) farmer, peasant

• Buer (in some other dialects, including Low Prussian)
• bur, Bur (in some other dialects)
• Buu'r, Buuer
• bour, Bour, Bouer
• biur, Biur
• Biuer

From Middle Low German bûr, from Old Saxon *būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”).

Buur m (pl Bure or Buren or Buurs)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) farmer
2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian, largely historical) peasant
3. (in many dialects) jack (cards)

• Buurkarpe m
• Buurmargell f
• buuren, buure
• see also the terms derived from Buer

• büür (Föhr-Amrum)
• böre (Mooring)

From Old Frisian būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”). Cognate with Dutch boer, German Bauer.

Buur m (plural Buuren)

1. (Sylt) farmer