verkeer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch verkeer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərˈkɪər/
  • (file)

Noun

verkeer (uncountable)

  1. traffic

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈkeːr/, /vɛrˈkeːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧keer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

Attested late 18th century. Deverbal derivation from verkeren, probably after slightly earlier German Verkehr (early 18th c.). In both languages the original sense is “exchange, dealings”. The sense “traffic” appears around 1850.

Noun

verkeer n (uncountable)

  1. traffic
  2. intercourse, exchange, dealings
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: verkeer
  • West Frisian: ferkear

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of verkeerbord or a deverbal from verkeren, although it is unclear which sense of verkeren is meant.

Noun

verkeer n (uncountable, diminutive verkeertje n)

  1. (historical) verquere, a historical tables game
  2. (obsolete, chiefly diminutive) a game of verquere
Derived terms
  • verkeerschijf
  • verkeerstuk
  • verkeertafel
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verkeer

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

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