vloer

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːr
  • IPA(key): /vlur/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

Noun

vloer m (plural vloeren, diminutive vloertje n)

  1. A floor
  2. (figuratively) Any ground, surface
  3. (figuratively) The bottom, lowest level
Derived terms
  • vloeren
  • vloerbalk
  • vloerbedekking
  • vloerbrood
  • vloerdame
  • vloerkleed
  • vloermat
  • vloerbalk
  • vloermozaïek
  • vloertegel
  • vloerzand
  • vloerzeil
  • betonvloer
  • cementvloer
  • kurkvloer
  • mozaïekvloer
  • plankenvloer
  • tegelvloer
  • dansvloer
  • dorsvloer
  • werkvloer

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

vloer

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

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

Noun

vloer m

  1. ground
  2. floor
  3. floor, storey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: vloer
  • Limburgish: vloor

Further reading

  • “vloer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vloer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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