keer
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɪəːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: keer
- Rhymes: -eːr
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch keer, kere, ultimately a derivative of Dutch keren (“to turn around, revolve”). Compare German Low German Kehr (“time, turn”), German Kehr (“turn, direction”), Old English ċierr ("turn, time, occasion"; > English chore).
Noun
keer m or n (plural keren, diminutive keertje n)
- time (occasion, instance)
- Synonym: maal
- reversion, reversal
Usage notes
The singular form is normally used after numerals. Thus: vele keren – many times; but: drie keer – three times (lit. three-time).
Derived terms
- keer op keer
Descendants
- Jersey Dutch: kôr
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
keer
- first-person singular present indicative of keren
- imperative of keren
Anagrams
- kere