moer
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
moer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)
- (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
moer (plural moere)
- nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
- Ek draai die moer vas
- seed tuber
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
moer (uncountable)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)
Descendants edit
- → English: moer
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).
Noun edit
moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
- (rare, archaic) mother
- sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre
- a queen bee
- a female hare
- a female rabbit
- a female ferret
- the main in a structure; general version.
Synonyms edit
- (mother): moeder, ma, mama
- (queen bee): bijenkoningin
- (female hare): moershaas
- (female rabbit): moerkonijn
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: moer (dated)
Etymology 2 edit
A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) + schroef (“bolt”).
Noun edit
moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
- a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
- (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
- Het kan me geen moer schelen.
- I do not care at all.
- Het kan me geen moer schelen.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch moer (“morass”), from Old Dutch *mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (“lake”). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”).
Noun edit
moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
moer ?
References edit
- van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
moer f (plural moers)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere (“to mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Portuguese moer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
moer (first-person singular present moio, first-person singular preterite moín, past participle moído, short past participle mudo)
moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moim or moí, past participle moído, short past participle mudo, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to mill
- (transitive) to grind, to crush
Conjugation edit
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | moer | |||||
| Personal | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moeren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| moendo | ||||||
| Short past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | mudo1 | mudos1 | ||||
| Feminine | muda1 | mudas1 | ||||
| Long past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | moído2 | moídos2 | ||||
| Feminine | moída2 | moídas2 | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | moio | moes | moe | moemos | moedes | moen |
| Imperfect | moía | moías | moía | moïamos | moïades | moían |
| Preterite | moín | moíches | moeu | moemos | moestes | moeron |
| Pluperfect | moera | moeras | moera | moeramos | moerades | moeran |
| Future | moerei | moerás | moerá | moeremos | moeredes | moerán |
| Conditional | moería | moerías | moería | moeriamos | moeriades | moerían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | moia | moias | moia | moiamos | moiades | moian |
| Imperfect | moese | moeses | moese | moésemos | moésedes | moesen |
| Future | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moeren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | moe | moia | moiamos | moede | moian | |
| Negative (non) | non moias | non moia | non moiamos | non moiades | non moian | |
Related terms edit
- amoado (“liquid dough; mixture”)
- moa (“molar; millstone”)
- moenda (“action of milling”)
- muíña (“chaff”)
- muíño (“mill”)
- muiñeira (Galician traditional dance and bagpipe music)
- mudo
References edit
- “moer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “moer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “moer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German mager, from Old High German magar, from Proto-West Germanic *magr. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
moer (masculine moren or moeren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)
Declension edit
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass moer | si ass moer | et ass moer | si si(nn) moer | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | moeren | moer | moert | moer |
| independent without determiner | moeres | moerer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | moeren | moerer | moeren | moeren |
| as first declined word | moerem | moerem | |||
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
moer
- indefinite plural of mo m
- indefinite plural of moe m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
moer f
- obsolete typography of mor
- 1669, “Højr nu kiær SIRI mi”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 48:
- højr Moer æg nu mæ dæg til Kioppinhaffn vil fara
- listen, Mother: Now I want to go to Copenhagen with you
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb edit
moer
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere. Compare Galician moer.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mo‧er
Verb edit
moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moí, past participle moído)
- (transitive) to mill
- (transitive) to grind, crush
- Synonym: esmagar
- (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire; exhaust
Conjugation edit
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | moer | |||||
| Personal | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| moendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | moído | moídos | ||||
| Feminine | moída | moídas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | moo, môo1 | móis | mói | moemos | moeis | moem |
| Imperfect | moía | moías | moía | moíamos | moíeis | moíam |
| Preterite | moí | moeste | moeu | moemos | moestes | moeram |
| Pluperfect | moera | moeras | moera | moêramos | moêreis | moeram |
| Future | moerei | moerás | moerá | moeremos | moereis | moerão |
| Conditional | moeria | moerias | moeria | moeríamos | moeríeis | moeriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | moa | moas | moa | moamos | moais | moam |
| Imperfect | moesse | moesses | moesse | moêssemos | moêsseis | moessem |
| Future | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moerem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | mói | moa | moamos | moei | moam | |
| Negative (não) | não moas | não moa | não moamos | não moais | não moam | |
1Superseded.