boer
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: Boer
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
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.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
boer c (singular definite boeren, plural indefinite boere)
- A Boer.
Inflection edit
Further reading edit
- boer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
boer
- indefinite plural of bo
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Derived terms edit
- aardappelboer
- bioboer
- Boer
- boerachtig
- boerderij
- boeren
- boerenbedrieger
- boerenbedrog
- boerenbond
- boerenbrood
- boerendeur
- boerenfluit
- boerengat
- boerenjaar
- boerenjongen
- boerenkaas
- boerenkinkel
- boerenknecht
- boerenkool
- boerenland
- boerenlatijn
- boerenmarkt
- boerenomelet
- boerenplaats
- boerenpummel
- boerenslimheid
- boerenstand
- boerenstiel
- boerenverstand
- boerenworst
- boerenzoon
- boerenzwaluw
- boers
- boerte
- groenteboer
- hartenboer
- herenboer
- herenboerderij
- keuterboer
- klaverboer
- melkboer
- platenboer
- ruitenboer
- schoppenboer
- veeboer
- visboer
- voddenboer
- wat de boer niet kent, dat eet hij niet
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
boer
- inflection of boeren:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.er/, [ˈboɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.er/, [ˈbɔːer]
Verb edit
boer
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boere, definite plural boerne)
- (historical) A Boer.
Related terms edit
See also edit
- boar (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “boer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boerar, definite plural boerane)