duur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duur.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [dyr]

Adjective

duur (attributive dure, comparative duurder, superlative duurste)

expensive

Descendants

→ Fwe: dùrà
→ Kalanga: tura
→ Shona: -dhura
→ Chichewa: -dula
→ Xhosa: -duru

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dyr/, [dyːr], [dyər]
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Hyphenation: duur
Rhymes: -yr
Homophone: Duur

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch diere, dure, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Doublet of dier.

Adjective

duur (comparative duurder, superlative duurst)

expensive, dear
De duurste Stradivarius is 'The Hammer' die in 2006 $3,5 miljoen opleverde.
The most expensive Stradivarius is 'The Hammer', which went for $3.5 million in 2006.

Inflection

Inflection of duur
uninflected	duur
inflected	dure
comparative	duurder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		duur	duurder	het duurst het duurste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	dure	duurdere	duurste
	n. sing.	duur	duurder	duurste
	plural	dure	duurdere	duurste
definite		dure	duurdere	duurste
partitive		duurs	duurders	—

Descendants

Afrikaans: duur
- → Fwe: dùrà
- → Kalanga: tura
- → Shona: -dhura
  - → Chichewa: -dula
- → Xhosa: -duru
Berbice Creole Dutch: diru
Javindo: dier
Negerhollands: duur, dyer
→? Sranan Tongo: diri
- → Saramaccan: díi

Etymology 2

From duren.

Noun

duur m (uncountable)

duration

Derived terms

Descendants

Negerhollands: duur

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duur

inflection of duren:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

Anagrams

Ruud, Urdu

Somali

Noun

duur ?

forest

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