Déër
See also: Appendix:Variations of "deer"
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- deer (widespread variant)
- dier (some dialects, Maastrichtian)
- deier (Sittard)
- deër (Southeast Limburgish)
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German dēr, from Old Saxon dior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Déër n (plural Déëre, diminutive Dérreke)
- (Eupen) animal
- (Eupen) A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.