koer

See also: köer and kör

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːr/
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cour.

Noun

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!"
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(garden):

  • (hof)
  • (tuin)

(courtyard):

  • (binnenkoer)
  • (binnenplaats)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • koerd

Noun

koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

  1. (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower
Derived terms
  • koerhuis

Etymology 3

Verb

koer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of koeren
  2. imperative of koeren

Estonian
A dog (a Labrador)

Etymology

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

Noun

koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)

  1. dog

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
  • peni (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuə̯r/

Noun

koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)

  1. woven basket
  2. skep, woven beehive

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