hoere
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.
Noun
hoere f
- whore, prostitute
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- verhoeren
Descendants
- Dutch: hoer
- Afrikaans: hoer
- Negerhollands: hoer, hoerer, hurer, hu, huer
- → Virgin Islands Creole: huur (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: huru
- Limburgish: hoor
Further reading
- “hoere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hoere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Adjective
hoere
- Alternative form of hor (“hoar”)
Determiner
hoere
- (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)