stoer

See also: stör and Stör

Dutch

Etymology

Originally the same word as stuurs, of which it is an eastern dialectal variant. Cognate with German stur (itself from Low German). Not immediately cognate with English stour, Swedish stor, but possibly related.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ur

Adjective

stoer (comparative stoerder, superlative stoerst)

  1. firm, robust, sturdy[1]
  2. tough, cool

Inflection
Inflection of stoer
uninflected stoer
inflected stoere
comparative stoerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial stoerstoerderhet stoerst
het stoerste
indefinite m./f. sing. stoerestoerderestoerste
n. sing. stoerstoerderstoerste
plural stoerestoerderestoerste
definite stoerestoerderestoerste
partitive stoersstoerders—

Interjection

stoer

  1. cool, nice

References
  1. http://nl.thefreedictionary.com/stoer

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