muur
See also: müür
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muur (plural mure)
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch muur, mure, from Old Dutch *mūr, *mūra, from Latin mūrus.
Noun edit
muur m (plural muren, diminutive muurtje n)
- wall
- De muur van het huis is pas geschilderd.
- The wall of the house has just been painted.
- Ze hing een schilderij aan de muur.
- She hung a painting on the wall.
- De kinderen tekenden op het muurtje in de tuin.
- The children drew on the small wall in the garden.
- wall (figuratively, any barrier which limits access)
- De taal vormt een muur tussen verschillende culturen.
- Language forms a wall between different cultures.
- Zijn onzekerheid vormt een muur rond hem.
- His insecurity forms a wall around him.
- a type of fast-food vending machine with compartments arranged similar to a wall that contain snacks (chiefly in the phrase "uit de muur trekken")
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *meur-, of unknown origin, possibly a substrate word given the limited geographical distribution.
Noun edit
muur m (plural muren, diminutive muurtje n)
- Any of various small plants of the Caryophyllaceae family, particularly of genus Stellaria (chickweed) but also including others such as Arenaria (sandwort) and Sagina (pearlwort).
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Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch mūr, mūra, from Latin mūrus.
Noun edit
muur f or m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Further reading edit
- “muur (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “muur (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Nzadi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Noun edit
muur (plural baar)
Further reading edit
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN