deur
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch deur, from Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.
Noun
deur (plural deure, diminutive deurtjie)
Etymology 2
From Dutch door, from Middle Dutch dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.
Preposition
deur
Adverb
deur
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)
- door
- Ze opende de deur en stapte de kamer binnen.
- She opened the door and stepped into the room.
- De deur van het huis was blauw.
- The door of the house was blue.
- Hij klopte op de deur.
- He knocked on the door.
Derived terms
- achterdeur
- autodeur
- bos hout voor de deur
- buiten de deur
- buitendeur
- dat doet de deur dicht
- deur-tot-deurreis
- deurbel
- deurbeleid
- deurbeslag
- deurduim
- deurgat
- deurgreep
- deurhamer
- deurhengsel
- deurklink
- deurklopper
- deurknop
- deurkozijn
- deurkruk
- deurmat
- deuropening
- deurpaneel
- deurpost
- deurraam
- deurring
- deurslot
- deurstijl
- deurstop
- draaideur
- kastdeur
- met de deur in huis vallen
- open deur
- tussendeur
- voordeur
- zijdeur
- zo gek als een deur
- zo link als een looien deur
Descendants
See also
Anagrams
Etymology
From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.
Pronunciation
Noun
deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)
- drop
- tear, teardrop
- Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh. ― I am weary from the tears that I have wept.
- any small quantity of liquid
- brine
Derived terms
- deòir nam breugan (“crocodile tears”)
- deòiridh (“melancholy, tearful creature; poor desolate creature”)
- deurach (“tearful, weeping; sad, mourning; dropping”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “deur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.
Preposition
deur
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