koer
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kur/, [kuːr]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: koer
- Rhymes: -ur
Etymology 1
Noun
koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)
- (Belgium) garden, yard (usually fenced)
- (Belgium) courtyard, yard
- (Belgium) schoolyard
- (Belgium) toilet, restroom (area)
- (Brabantian) "Juffra, 'k moe dringend naa de koer, of 't is in m'n broek!"
- Miss, I need to urgently [go] to the restroom, or else it's in my pants!
- (Brabantian)
Synonyms
(garden):
(courtyard):
- binnenkoer
- binnenplaats
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- koerd
Noun
koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)
- (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower
Derived terms
- koerhuis
Etymology 3
Verb
koer
- inflection of koeren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (“male, human”). Cognate with Finnish koira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯r/, [ˈkoe̯r]
Noun
koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)
Declension
Declension of koer (type koer)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | koer | koerad |
genitive | koera | koerte / koerade |
partitive | koera | koeri / koerasid |
illative | koera / koerasse | koertesse / koeradesse |
inessive | koeras | koertes / koerades |
elative | koerast | koertest / koeradest |
allative | koerale | koertele / koeradele |
adessive | koeral | koertel / koeradel |
ablative | koeralt | koertelt / koeradelt |
translative | koeraks | koerteks / koeradeks |
terminative | koerani | koerteni / koeradeni |
essive | koerana | koertena / koeradena |
abessive | koerata | koerteta / koeradeta |
comitative | koeraga | koertega / koeradega |
Synonyms
Derived terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuə̯r/
Noun
koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)
Further reading
- “koer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011