vuur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuïr, *fiur, from West-Germanic *fuïr-, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fyːr]

Noun

vuur (plural vure, diminutive vuurtje)

  1. fire

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -yːr
  • IPA(key): /vyːr/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from West-Germanic *fuïr-, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

Noun

vuur n (plural vuren, diminutive vuurtje n)

  1. fire
    Het vuur brandde in mijn kamer; het was koud.
    The fire was burning in my room; it was cold.
  2. heater
  3. (informal) a lighter
    Heb je vuur?
    Got a light?
Derived terms

Adjective

vuur (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Great, amazing, extraordinary, dope. (Calque of the slang sense of English fire)
    Zijn nieuwe album is vuur.
    His new album is fire.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

vuur

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fuir.

Noun

vuur n

  1. fire
  2. bonfire
  3. passion

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “vier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vuur”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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