vuur

• IPA^(key): /fyr/, [fyːr]

From Dutch vuur, from Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

vuur (plural vure, diminutive vuurtjie)

1. fire, flame
2. the shot from a weapon
3. fervency, gusto
4. a lighter
5. (rare) gangrene

vuur (present vuur, present participle vuurende, past participle gevuur)

1. to fire a weapon

• IPA^(key): /vyr/, [vyːr]

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• Hyphenation: vuur
• Rhymes: -yr

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

vuur n (plural vuren, diminutive vuurtje n)

1. fire

   Het vuur brandde in mijn kamer; het was koud.

   The fire was burning in my room; it was cold.

2. heater
3. (informal) a lighter

   Heb je vuur?

   Got a light?

4. The act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire.

• vier (Southern Dutch)

• Afrikaans: vuur
• Javindo: vier
• Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
• Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
• Skepi Creole Dutch: fir

vuur (not comparable)

1. (slang) Great, amazing, extraordinary, dope.

   Zijn nieuwe album is vuur.

   His new album is fire.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vuur

1. first-person singular present indicative of vuren
2. imperative of vuren

From Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir.

vuur n

1. fire
2. bonfire
3. passion

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• vier (Flemish)

• Dutch: vuur
  • Afrikaans: vuur
  • Javindo: vier
  • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
  • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
• Limburgish: vuur
• West Flemish: vier
• Zealandic: vier

• “vier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vuur”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN