boer
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bur/
Etymology 1
From Dutch boer.
Noun
boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)
- farmer; peasant
- (chess) pawn; least valuable piece in chess
- Synonym: pion
Etymology 2
From Dutch boeren.
Verb
boer (present boer, present participle boerende, past participle geboer)
- to farm
- to continuously encounter someone at a specific place
- Hy boer daar by haar huis.
- He is always there at her house.
- to stay; to sojourn; to linger
- Hy't die heel middag by daardie meisie geboer.
- He stayed over at that girl['s place] the whole afternoon.
- Moenie op 'n vraag boer nie.
- Don't linger on a question.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boːər/, [ˈb̥oːˀɐ]
Etymology 1
From Dutch boer.
Noun
boer c (singular definite boeren, plural indefinite boere)
- Boer
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | boer | boeren | boere | boerne |
| genitive | boers | boerens | boeres | boernes |
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
boer
- plural indefinite of bo
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːr/
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bure, from Old Dutch *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”), thus originally the same as modern buur (“neighbour”). The form boer is that of many eastern dialects including Limburgish, where Germanic -ū- has been retained as a back vowel. In early modern Dutch these two dialectal forms were adopted as semantically distinguished words. Cognate to Old English būr, ġebūr (whence English bower) and Old High German būr (whence German Bauer).
Noun
boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n, feminine boerin)
- (male) farmer, peasant
- Synonym: bouwman
- Hyponyms: landbouwer, teler, tuinder, veehouder
- (in compounds) merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'
- boor, yokel, ruffian
- jack (playing card)
Alternative forms
- bouwer
Derived terms
- Boer
- boerachtig
- boerderij
- boeren
- groenteboer
- melkboer
- platenboer
- visboer
- boerenbond
- boerenbrood
- boerenfluit
- boerenjongen
- boerenkinkel
- boerenknecht
- boerenkool
- boerenlatijn
- boerenmarkt
- boerenpummel
- boerenstand
- boerenstiel
- boerenworst
- boerenzoon
- groenteboer
- hartenboer
- keuterboer
- klaverboer
- melkboer
- ruitenboer
- schoppenboer
Descendants
- Afrikaans: boer
- → Sranan Tongo: buru
Etymology 2
Originally onomatopoetic, as is English burp. The perception of farmers (etymology 1) as being mannerless people has probably played a secondary role, too. The same in German Bäuerchen.
Noun
boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n)
- burp
Derived terms
- boeren
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
boer
- first-person singular present indicative of boeren
- imperative of boeren
Anagrams
- bore
- ober
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.er/, [ˈbɔ.ɛr]
Verb
boer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of boō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Dutch boer
Noun
boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boere, definite plural boerne)
- (historical) a Boer
Related terms
- afrikander
See also
- boar (Nynorsk)
References
- “boer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.