dyr

See also: dýr and dyr-

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːˀɐ̯/, [ˈd̥yˀɐ̯], [ˈtyɒ̯̽ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.

Noun

dyr n (singular definite dyret, plural indefinite dyr)

1. animal, beast (as opposed to human beings, or of human beings acting brutally)
2. (zoology) animal (a member of Animalia)
3. (hunting) deer (a mammal of the family Cervidae)

Declension

Declension of dyr

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyr	dyret	dyr	dyrene
genitive	dyrs	dyrets	dyrs	dyrenes

References

• “dyr,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, cognate with Swedish dyr, English dear, German teuer, Dutch duur.

Adjective

dyr (neuter dyrt, plural and definite singular attributive dyre)

1. expensive
2. dear

   Hendes dyreste eje.

   Her most precious possession.

Inflection

Inflection of dyr
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	dyr	dyrere	dyrest2
Indefinite neuter singular	dyrt	dyrere	dyrest2
Plural	dyre	dyrere	dyrest2
Definite attributive1	dyre	dyrere	dyreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “dyr,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dyr

1. present tense of dy

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

1. door, doorway

Declension

Declension of dyr (plural only)
f28	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyr	dyrnar
accusative	dyr	dyrnar
dative	durum	durunum
genitive	dura	duranna

See also

• hurð (wing of the door)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪːr/
• Rhymes: -ɪːr

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum)

1. a door, a doorway

Declension

declension of dyr

f-s3	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyr	dyrnar
accusative	dyr	dyrnar
dative	dyrum	dyrunum
genitive	dyra	dyranna

Derived terms

• aðaldyr
• dyrabjalla
• dyravörður
• koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur

 

See also

• hurð

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish dyr, from Old Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate with Swedish djur, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), German Tier, Dutch dier, and English deer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

Noun

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra or dyrene)

1. an animal

Derived terms

Terms derived from dyr

• bløtdyr
• byttedyr
• dovendyr
• dyreart
• dyrefett
• dyrefor, dyrefôr
• dyrehage
• dyrehold
• dyrehud
• dyreliv
• dyreplageri
• dyreplankton

• dyrerike
• dyreverden
• husdyr
• kattedyr
• kjæledyr
• kosedyr
• krepsdyr
• krypdyr
• lastedyr
• muldyr
• nebbdyr

• pakkdyr
• pattedyr
• pungdyr
• reinsdyr
• ridedyr
• rovdyr
• sirkusdyr
• skadedyr
• skalldyr
• villdyr
• virveldyr

Etymology 2

From Danish dyr, from Old Norse dýrr. Cognate with Swedish dyr, German teuer, Dutch duur and dier, and English dear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːɾ/

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrere, indefinite superlative dyrest, definite superlative dyreste)

1. expensive
2. dear

Synonyms

• kostbar

Antonyms

• billig

References

• “dyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra)

1. an animal

Derived terms

Terms derived from dyr

• byttedyr
• dovendyr
• dyreart
• dyrefor, dyrefôr
• dyrehage
• dyrehud
• dyreliv
• dyreplageri
• dyreplankton
• dyrerike
• dådyr

• husdyr
• kattedyr
• kjæledyr
• kosedyr
• krepsdyr
• krypdyr
• lastedyr
• muldyr
• nebbdyr
• pakkdyr
• pattedyr

• pungdyr
• reinsdyr
• ridedyr
• rovdyr
• rådyr
• sirkusdyr
• skadedyr
• skaldyr
• villdyr
• virveldyr

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr.

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrare, indefinite superlative dyrast, definite superlative dyraste)

1. expensive
2. dear

Synonyms

• kostbar

Antonyms

• billeg

References

• “dyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

dȳr

1. expensive, valuable

Declension

Declension of dȳr (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dȳr	dȳr	dȳrt
accusative	dȳran	dȳra	dȳrt
dative	dȳrum, -om	dȳrri, -re	dȳru, -o
genitive	dȳrs	dȳrrar	dȳrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dȳrir, -e(r)	dȳrar	dȳr
accusative	dȳra	dȳrar	dȳr
dative	dȳrum, -om	dȳrum, -om	dȳrum, -om
genitive	dȳrra, -a	dȳrra, -a	dȳrra, -a

Declension of dȳrer (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dȳri, -e	dȳra	dȳra
accusative	dȳra	dȳru, -o	dȳra
dative	dȳra	dȳru, -o	dȳra
genitive	dȳra	dȳru, -o	dȳra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o
accusative	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o
dative	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o
genitive	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o	dȳru, -o

Descendants

• Swedish: dyr

References

• dyr in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dȳr, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

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• Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

1. expensive

   Synonym: kostsam

   Antonym: billig

2. (archaic) very valuable

   Synonym: värdefull

   Antonym: billig

Declension

Inflection of dyr
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	dyr	dyrare	dyrast
Neuter singular	dyrt	dyrare	dyrast
Plural	dyra	dyrare	dyrast
Masculine plural3	dyre	dyrare	dyrast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	dyre	dyrare	dyraste
All	dyra	dyrare	dyraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• bedyra

References

• dyr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dyr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dyr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dyr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• dyr in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• -ryd

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Article

dyr (definite)

1. the

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪr/

Verb

dyr

1. Soft mutation of tyr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tyr	dyr	nhyr	thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.