boer
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "boer"
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: Boer
Etymology 2
Verb
boer (present boer, present participle boerende, past participle geboer)
- To farm.
- To continuously encounter someone at a specific place
- Hy boer daar by haar huis.
- He is always there at her house.
- To stay; to sojourn; to linger
- Hy't die heel middag by daardie meisie geboer.
- He stayed over at that girl['s place] the whole afternoon.
- Moenie op 'n vraag boer nie.
- Don't linger on a question.
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
boer c (singular definite boeren, plural indefinite boere)
- A Boer.
Inflection
Declension of boer
Further reading
boer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
boer
- indefinite plural of bo
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bure, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”), thus originally the same as modern buur (“neighbour”). The form boer is that of many eastern dialects including Limburgish, where Germanic -ū- has been retained as a back vowel. In early modern Dutch these two dialectal forms were adopted as semantically distinguished words. Cognate to Old English būr, ġebūr (whence English bower) and Old High German būr (whence German Bauer).
Noun
boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n, feminine boerin)
- a (male) farmer, peasant
- Synonym: bouwman
- Hyponyms: landbouwer, teler, tuinder, veehouder
- a boor, yokel, ruffian, rustic
- Synonym: boerenpummel
- (in compounds) a merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'
- a jack (playing card)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- aardappelboer
- bioboer
- Boer
- boerachtig
- boerderij
- boeren
- boerenbedrieger
- boerenbedrog
- boerenbond
- boerenbrood
- boerendeur
- boerenfluit
- boerengat
- boerenjaar
- boerenjongen
- boerenkaas
- boerenkinkel
- boerenknecht
- boerenkool
- boerenland
- boerenlatijn
- boerenlul
- boerenmarkt
- boerenomelet
- boerenplaats
- boerenpummel
- boerenslimheid
- boerenstand
- boerenstiel
- boerenverstand
- boerenworst
- boerenzoon
- boerenzwaluw
- boers
- boerte
- groenteboer
- hartenboer
- herenboer
- herenboerderij
- kaasboer
- keuterboer
- klaverboer
- melkboer
- platenboer
- ruitenboer
- schoppenboer
- veeboer
- visboer
- voddenboer
- wat de boer niet kent, dat eet hij niet
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Originally onomatopoeic, as is English burp. The perception of farmers (etymology 1) as being mannerless people has probably played a secondary role, too. The same in German Bäuerchen.
Noun
boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
boer
- inflection of boeren:
Anagrams
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbo.er/, [ˈboɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.er/, [ˈbɔːer]
Verb
boer
Etymology
Noun
boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boere, definite plural boerne)
- (historical) A Boer.
Related terms
See also
- boar (Nynorsk)
References
- “boer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Noun
boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boerar, definite plural boerane)
Anagrams
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