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boer

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch boer.

Noun

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boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)

  1. A farmer; peasant.
  2. (chess) A pawn; least valuable piece in chess.
    Synonym: pion
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Descendants
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  • → English: Boer

Etymology 2

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From Dutch boeren.

Verb

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boer (present boer, present participle boerende, past participle geboer)

  1. To farm.
  2. To continuously encounter someone at a specific place
    Hy boer daar by haar huis.
    He is always there at her house.
  3. 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /boːər/, [ˈb̥oːˀɐ]

Etymology 1

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From Dutch boer.

Noun

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boer c (singular definite boeren, plural indefinite boere)

  1. A Boer.
Inflection
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Declension of boer
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative boer boeren boere boerne
genitive boers boerens boeres boernes
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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boer

  1. indefinite plural of bo

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buːr/
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  • Hyphenation: boer
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Homophone: Boer

Etymology 1

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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

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boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n, feminine boerin)

  1. a (male) farmer, peasant
    Synonym: bouwman
    Hyponyms: landbouwer, teler, tuinder, veehouder
  2. a boor, yokel, ruffian, rustic
    Synonym: boerenpummel
  3. (in compounds) a merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'
  4. a jack (playing card)
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Etymology 2

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Originally onomatopoeic, 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

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boer m (plural boeren, diminutive boertje n)

  1. a belch, a burp
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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boer

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

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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boer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of boō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Dutch boer.

Noun

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boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boere, definite plural boerne)

  1. (historical) A Boer.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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boer m (definite singular boeren, indefinite plural boerar, definite plural boerane)

  1. (pre-1987) alternative form of boar

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