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

Borrowed from German Verkehr. Equivalent to a deverbal from verkeren.

Noun

verkeer n (uncountable)

  1. traffic
  2. exchange, intercourse
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. first-person singular present indicative of verkeren
  2. imperative of verkeren

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