uur

See also: -uur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch uur.

Pronunciation

• (traditional) IPA^(key): /yr/, [yːr]
• (more common) IPA^(key): [iːr]

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Noun

uur (plural ure)

1. hour

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ure, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yr/, [yːr]

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• Hyphenation: uur
• Rhymes: -yr

Noun

uur n (plural uren, diminutive uurtje n)

1. an hour, a period of time

   Ze komt over een uur. — She's coming in an hour.

2. the hour, the time of day

   Wat doe jij op dit uur nog wakker? — What are you doing still awake at this hour?

3. o'clock

   Het is twaalf uur. — It is twelve o'clock.

Usage notes

The singular form is normally used after numerals. Thus: vele uren lang – for many hours; but: drie uur lang – for three hours.

Derived terms

• spitsuur
• spreekuur
• te elfder ure
• tussenuur
• urenlang
• uurwerk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: uur
• Berbice Creole Dutch: juru
• Negerhollands: uur, yer
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: i (dated)
• Petjo: uur
• → Sranan Tongo: yuru
  • → Aukan: yuu
  • → Kari'na: juru
  • → Kwinti: yuu
  • → Saramaccan: júu
  • → Trió: juuru
  • → Wayana: juru

Middle English

Pronoun

uur

1. Alternative form of oure

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːr/
• Hyphenation: uur
• Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian ōther, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar. Cognates include West Frisian oar and German ander.

Determiner

uur

1. other
2. the next

   Uur Dai geen iek tou dän Winkel. ― The next day I went to the shop.

Pronoun

uur

1. other

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-West Germanic *obar. Cognates include West Frisian oer and German ober.

Preposition

uur (neuter or distal adverb deeruur, proximal adverb hieruur, interrogative adverb wieruur)

1. over
2. about
3. (of time) in

   Uur twäin Dege gunge iek tou Spoanjen. ― In two days I'm going to Spain.

4. (of amount) over

   Die Film is uur trjo Úre lang. ― The film is over three hours long.

Adverb

uur

1. over
2. (of time) through; long

   Iek waas dän hele Dai uur züük. ― I was ill the whole day through.

Related terms

• uur-

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “uur”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN