Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch vuur, from Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Noun edit

vuur (plural vure, diminutive vuurtjie)

  1. fire, flame
  2. the shot from a weapon
  3. fervency, gusto
  4. a lighter
  5. (rare) gangrene
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch vuren, from Middle Dutch vuren (to set on fire), from Old Dutch *fiuron.

Verb edit

vuur (present vuur, present participle vuurende, past participle gevuur)

  1. to fire a weapon

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vyr/, [vyːr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vuur
  • Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

Noun edit

vuur n (plural vuren, diminutive vuurtje n)

  1. fire
    We maakten een vuur om ons warm te houden tijdens de koude nacht.
    We made a fire to keep us warm during the cold night.
    Pas op voor het vuur, het kan je verbranden.
    Beware of the fire, it can burn you.
    Ze zaten rond het vuur en vertelden verhalen.
    They sat around the fire and told stories.
  2. heater
  3. (informal) a lighter
    Heb je vuur?
    Got a light?
  4. The act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire.
Alternative forms edit
  • vier (Southern Dutch)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: vuur
  • Javindo: vier
  • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
  • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir

Adjective edit

vuur (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Great, amazing, extraordinary, dope.
    Zijn nieuwe album is vuur.
    His new album is fire.

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

vuur

  1. inflection of vuren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir.

Noun edit

vuur n

  1. fire
  2. bonfire
  3. passion

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