geer
See also: Geer
English edit
Noun edit
geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun edit
geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch geer, gere, from Old Dutch gero, from Proto-West Germanic *gerō, from Proto-Germanic *gerô.
Noun edit
geer f (uncountable)
Alternative forms edit
- ghere (Early Modern)
Related terms edit
- geren (“to covet”)
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun edit
gêer m
Inflection edit
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Descendants edit
- Dutch: geer
Further reading edit
- “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III