düür
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- deier (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German (*)diuri, northern variant of tiuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyə̯/
- Homophone: Dür (may be distinguished by tone)
Adjective
düür (masculine düüre, feminine düür, comparative düürer or düürter, superlative düürste or düürtste)
- (Ripuarian) expensive
- En Maatfrau schreit us voller Bross: „D’r Koppschlot drei Mark vier!“
- Met Lüüs un Schnecke inklusiv, dat es doch nit ze düür.
- A market woman is shouting at the top of her voice: “A head of lettuce three marks and four [dimes]!”
- With lice and snails included, that’s really not too expensive.
- (Lines from the song Op d’m Maat by De Räuber)