geur

• IPA^(key): /χɪør/

From Dutch geur, from Middle Dutch gore.

geur (plural geure, diminutive geurtje)

1. A scent, smell, odour, odor.

From Dutch geuren, from Middle Dutch goren.

geur (present geur, present participle geurende, past participle gegeur)

1. (intransitive) to have a smell, to smell

• IPA^(key): /ɣøːr/

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• Hyphenation: geur
• Rhymes: -øːr

From Middle Dutch gore. Related to Dutch goor.

geur m (plural geuren, diminutive geurtje n)

1. a scent, smell, odour, odor

   Synonyms: aroma, reuk

   Hyponyms: stank, meur

2. (figuratively) (notably the diminutive, with the indefinite article: een geurtje) An appearance, something associated, especially in a negative sense

   Ik betrouw dat zaakje niet, er zit een geurtje aan!

   I don't trust that affair, there's something fishy about it!

• Afrikaans: geur

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

geur

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

geur (genitive singular masculine géir, genitive singular feminine géire, plural geura, comparative géire)

1. obsolete spelling of géar

From Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér (compare Irish géar, Manx gear, geayr, geyre).

• (Lewis, Sleat) IPA^(key): /ɡ̊ʲiaɾ/^[1][2]
• (South Uist, Barra, much of Skye) IPA^(key): /ɡ̊ʲeːɾ/^[3][2]

geur (comparative gèire or geòire)

1. sharp, keen
2. pungent, acute, virulent
3. poignant
4. shrill
5. bright (intelligent)
6. incisive
7. sour, tart
8. sharp (music)

• fìon-geur

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “geur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language