koer

See also: köer, køer, and kör

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

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• Hyphenation: koer
• Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cour.

Noun

koer f or m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

1. (Belgium) garden, yard (usually fenced)
2. (Belgium) courtyard, yard
3. (Belgium) schoolyard
4. (Belgium) toilet, restroom (area)

   (Brabantian)

   "Juffra, 'k moe dringend naa de koer, of 't is in m'n broek!"

   Miss, I need to urgently [go] to the restroom, or else it's in my pants!

Synonyms

(garden):

• hof
• tuin

(courtyard):

• binnenkoer
• binnenplaats

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• koerd

Noun

koer m (plural koeren, diminutive koertje n)

1. (Netherlands, obsolete) someone who guards a watchtower

Derived terms

• koerhuis

Etymology 3

Verb

koer

1. inflection of koeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Estonian

koer (Labrador)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (“male, human”). Cognate with Finnish koira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯r/, [ˈkoe̯r]

Noun

koer (genitive koera, partitive koera)

1. dog

Declension

Declension of koer (type koer)

	singular	plural
nominative	koer	koerad
genitive	koera	koerte / koerade
partitive	koera	koeri / koerasid
illative	koera / koerasse	koertesse / koeradesse
inessive	koeras	koertes / koerades
elative	koerast	koertest / koeradest
allative	koerale	koertele / koeradele
adessive	koeral	koertel / koeradel
ablative	koeralt	koertelt / koeradelt
translative	koeraks	koerteks / koeradeks
terminative	koerani	koerteni / koeradeni
essive	koerana	koertena / koeradena
abessive	koerata	koerteta / koeradeta
comitative	koeraga	koertega / koeradega

Synonyms

• peni

Derived terms

• koeratoit

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯r/

Noun

koer c (plural kuorren, diminutive kuorke)

1. woven basket
2. skep, woven beehive

Further reading

• “koer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011