Bure

See also: bure, burĕ, and burė

English

Proper noun

Bure

A river in Norfolk, England.

Anagrams

Brue, Rube, Uber, buer, ebru, erub, rube, uber, uber-, über-

German

Etymology

Backformation from the Dutch plural Boeren from Boer. The word originally means “farmer” in Dutch but also in several German dialects, which is probably why the form Bur was avoided in German. (The word Bauer, and even more Bur as a dialectal form, may have the pejorative implication of an illiterate person. Compare English boor.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːʁə/
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Noun

Bure m (genitive Buren, plural Buren, female Burin)

Boer

Declension

Declension of Bure

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bure	die	Buren
genitive	eines	des	Buren	der	Buren
dative	einem	dem	Buren	den	Buren
accusative	einen	den	Buren	die	Buren

Derived terms

Burenkrieg
Burenwurst