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See also: köer, køer, and kör

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kur/, [kuːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: koer
  • Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French cour.

Noun

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koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Belgium) garden, yard (usually fenced)
  2. (Belgium) courtyard, yard
  3. (Belgium) schoolyard
  4. (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!
Synonyms
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(garden):

(courtyard):

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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koer

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

Estonian

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koer (Labrador)

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (male, human). Cognate with Finnish koira.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯r/, [ˈkoe̯r]

Noun

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koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)

  1. dog

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)

  1. woven basket
  2. skep, woven beehive

Further reading

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  • koer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011