uur

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch uur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (traditional) IPA(key): /yr/, [yːr]
  • (more common) IPA(key): [iːr]
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Noun[edit]

uur (plural ure)

  1. hour

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch ure, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uur n (plural uren, diminutive uurtje n)

  1. an hour, a period of time
    Ze komt over een uur. — She's coming in an hour.
  2. the hour, the time of day
    Wat doe jij op dit uur nog wakker? — What are you doing still awake at this hour?
  3. o'clock
    Het is twaalf uur. — It is twelve o'clock.

Usage notes[edit]

The singular form is normally used after numerals. Thus: vele uren lang – for many hours; but: drie uur lang – for three hours.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: uur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: juru
  • Negerhollands: uur, yer
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: i (dated)
  • Petjo: uur
  • → Sranan Tongo: yuru

Middle English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

uur

  1. Alternative form of oure

Saterland Frisian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Frisian ōther, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar. Cognates include West Frisian oar and German ander.

Determiner[edit]

uur

  1. other
  2. the next
    Uur Dai geen iek tou dän Winkel. ― The next day I went to the shop.

Pronoun[edit]

uur

  1. other

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-West Germanic *obar. Cognates include West Frisian oer and German ober.

Preposition[edit]

uur (neuter or distal adverb deeruur, proximal adverb hieruur, interrogative adverb wieruur)

  1. over
  2. about
  3. (of time) in
    Uur twäin Dege gunge iek tou Spoanjen. ― In two days I'm going to Spain.
  4. (of amount) over
    Die Film is uur trjo Úre lang. ― The film is over three hours long.

Adverb[edit]

uur

  1. over
  2. (of time) through; long
    Iek waas dän hele Dai uur züük. ― I was ill the whole day through.
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “uur”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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