duur

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dyr]

Adjective

duur (plural [please provide])

  1. expensive

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːr/, /dyər/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Adjective

duur (comparative duurder, superlative duurst)

  1. expensive
    De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde. — The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which produced $3.5 million in 2006.
Inflection
Inflection of duur
uninflected duur
inflected dure
comparative duurder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial duur duurder het duurst
het duurste
indefinite m./f. sing. dure duurdere duurste
n. sing. duur duurder duurste
plural dure duurdere duurste
definite dure duurdere duurste
partitive duurs duurders —

Etymology 2

Noun

duur m (uncountable)

  1. duration
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

duur

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

Anagrams

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