huur

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (traditional) IPA(key): /ɦyr/, [ɦyːr]
  • (more common) IPA(key): [ɦiːr]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

huur (uncountable)

  1. rent

Verb

huur (present huur, present participle huurende, past participle gehuur)

  1. rent

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with uur.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦyr/, [ɦyːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hûre, from Old Dutch *hūra, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju.[1]

Noun

huur c (plural huren, diminutive huurtje n)

  1. renting, hiring
  2. rent
    De huur van het appartement is inclusief alle nutsvoorzieningen. ― The rent of the apartment includes all utilities.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: huur
  • Negerhollands: huur
  • → Papiamentu: hür
  • → Sranan Tongo: yuru (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

huur

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

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “huren”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Gabrielino-Fernandeño

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla hul (“bow”)

Noun

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