stoer
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Originally the same word as stuurs, of which it is an eastern dialectal variant. Cognate with German stur (itself from Low German). Not immediately cognate with English stour, Swedish stor, but possibly related.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stoer (comparative stoerder, superlative stoerst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of stoer | ||||
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uninflected | stoer | |||
inflected | stoere | |||
comparative | stoerder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | stoer | stoerder | het stoerst het stoerste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | stoere | stoerdere | stoerste |
n. sing. | stoer | stoerder | stoerste | |
plural | stoere | stoerdere | stoerste | |
definite | stoere | stoerdere | stoerste | |
partitive | stoers | stoerders | — |
Interjection edit
stoer