See also: möer and mör

English

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Etymology

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From Afrikaans moer.

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moer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)

  1. (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.

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moer (plural moers)

  1. (South Africa) Something big or powerful; a whopper; a hell of a thing.
    • 2003, Justin Nurse, Chris Verrijdt, Laugh it Off Annual: South African Youth Culture, volume 1, page 71:
      Lying dead on the surface of the Monument dam was a moer of a big carp.
    • 2013, Jim Hooper, Koevoet: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War, page 239:
      “Some of the teams are coming in,” he said. “They had a moer of a contact. Get your cameras and let's go.”

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch moer.

Noun

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moer (plural moere)

  1. nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
    Ek draai die moer vas
  2. seed tuber

Etymology 2

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From Dutch moer.

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moer (uncountable)

  1. dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)

  1. to hit someone very hard
    Ek gaan jou hard moer.I'm gonna beat the shit out of you.
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  • English: moer

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mur/, [muːr]
  • Hyphenation: moer
  • Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

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Contraction of moeder (mother) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).

Noun

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moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. (rare, archaic) mother
  2. sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre
  3. a queen bee
  4. a female hare
  5. a female rabbit
  6. a female ferret
  7. the main in a structure; general version
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  • Papiamentu: moer (dated)

Etymology 2

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A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (mother) +‎ schroef (bolt).

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moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
  2. (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
    Het kan me geen moer schelen.
    I do not care at all.
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  • Caribbean Javanese: mur
  • Indonesian: mur
  • Papiamentu: mur, moer

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch moer (morass), from Old Dutch *mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (lake). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (moor, marsh).

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moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

  1. morass, marsh, peat
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Etymology 4

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This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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moer ?

  1. Alternative form of muur chickweed

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  • van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

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French

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moer f (plural moers)

  1. morass

Galician

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Moendo millo ("milling corn") in a traditional watermill

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere (to mill), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush). Compare Portuguese moer.

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moer (first-person singular present moio, first-person singular preterite moín, past participle moído, short past participle mudo)
moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moim or moí, past participle moído, short past participle mudo, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, to crush

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mager, from Old High German magar, from Proto-West Germanic *magr. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːer/, [ˈmoː.ɐ]

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moer (masculine moren or moeren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)

  1. lean
  2. skinny, meagre

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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moer

  1. indefinite plural of mo m
  2. indefinite plural of moe m

Norwegian Nynorsk

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moer f

  1. obsolete typography of mor
    • 1669, “Højr nu kiær SIRI mi”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 48:
      højr Moer æg nu mæ dæg til Kioppinhaffn vil fara
      listen, Mother: Now I want to go to Copenhagen with you

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin molere.

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moer

  1. to mill
  2. to grind, crush

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere. Compare Galician moer.

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  • Hyphenation: mo‧er

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moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moí, past participle moído)

  1. (transitive) to mill
  2. (transitive) to grind, crush
    Synonym: esmagar
  3. (figuratively, colloquial, pronominal, intransitive) to tire, exhaust
    Synonyms: cansar, fatigar
  4. (figuratively, colloquial, transitive) to nag, to annoy
    Synonyms: azucrinar, atazanar, chatear

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