moer

See also: möer and mör

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch moer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muːr]

Noun

moer (plural moere)

  1. nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
    Ek draai die moer vas
  2. seed tuber

moer (uncountable)

  1. dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

Verb

moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)

  1. to hit someone very hard
    Ek gaan jou hard moer.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːr/

Etymology 1

Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by syncope of medial /d/.

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. (rare, archaic) mother
  2. a queen bee
  3. a female hare
  4. a female rabbit
  5. a female ferret
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Etymology 2

A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
  2. (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
    Het kan me geen moer schelen.
    I do not care at all.

Etymology 3

Contraction of moeder, a dialectal variant of modder (“mud”).

Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. sediment formed in various alcholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch moer (“morass”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (“lake”). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”).

Noun

moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. morass, marsh, peat

Etymology 5

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Noun

moer ?

  1. Alternative form of muur chickweed

References

  • Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]

Anagrams

Galician

Moendo millo ("milling corn") in a traditional watermill

Etymology

13th century. From Latin molere (“to mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈeɾ/

Verb

moer (first-person singular present moio, first-person singular preterite moín, past participle moído)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, to crush

Conjugation

  • amoado (“liquid dough; mixture”)
  • moa (“molar; millstone”)
  • moenda (“action of milling”)
  • muíña (“chaff”)
  • muíño (“mill”)
  • muiñeira (Galician traditional dance and bagpipe music)

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːɐ/

Adjective

moer (masculine moeren or moren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)

  1. lean
  2. skinny, meagre

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese moer, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō (“I grind, I mill”).

Pronunciation

Verb

moer (first-person singular present indicative moo, past participle moído)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, crush
  3. (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire; exhaust

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