een loer draaien

Dutch

Etymology

Originally a variant of lorrendraaien, which seems to come from lording. Changed by folk etymology after loer (“fool, idiot”) and loer (“lure in falconry”),[1] so the surface analysis became “to draw (turn) a lure”. Older etymological dictionaries allege a link with luur, luier (“nappy, diaper”), although this does not appear to have a basis in early attestations.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ən ˈlur ˈdraːi̯ə(n)/, [-luːr-]

Verb

een loer draaien

  1. (intransitive, usually with an indirect object) to play a dirty trick

Conjugation

Conjugation of een loer draaien: see draaien.

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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