duur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyr/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

duur (attributive duur or (seldom) dure, comparative duurder, superlative duurste)

  1. expensive

Inflection

Inflection of duur
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive duur duur, dure dure dures duurs
comparative duurder duurdere duurderes duurders
superlative duurste duurstes —

Descendants

  • → Fwe: dùrà
  • → Kalanga: tura
  • → Shona: -dhura
    → Chichewa: -dula
  • → Xhosa: -duru

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyr/, [dyːr], [dyər]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: duur
  • Rhymes: -yr
  • Homophone: Duur

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Adjective

duur (comparative duurder, superlative duurst)

  1. expensive, dear
    De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde.
    The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which went for $3.5 million in 2006.
Declension
Declension of duur
uninflected duur
inflected dure
comparative duurder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial duur duurder het duurst
het duurste
indefinite m./f. sing. dure duurdere duurste
n. sing. duur duurder duurste
plural dure duurdere duurste
definite dure duurdere duurste
partitive duurs duurders —
Descendants

Etymology 2

From duren.

Noun

duur m (uncountable)

  1. duration
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duur

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

Anagrams

Somali

Noun

duur ?

  1. forest
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