moer
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editmoer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)
- (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.
Noun
editmoer (plural moers)
- (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.”
- 2003, Justin Nurse, Chris Verrijdt, Laugh it Off Annual: South African Youth Culture (volume 1, page 71)
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editmoer (plural moere)
- nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
- Ek draai die moer vas
- seed tuber
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmoer (uncountable)
Etymology 3
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editmoer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)
Descendants
edit- → English: moer
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editContraction of moeder (“mother”) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).
Noun
editmoer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
- (rare, archaic) mother
- sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre
- a queen bee
- a female hare
- a female rabbit
- a female ferret
- the main in a structure; general version.
Synonyms
edit- (mother): moeder, ma, mama
- (queen bee): bijenkoningin
- (female hare): moershaas
- (female rabbit): moerkonijn
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Papiamentu: moer (dated)
Etymology 2
editA shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) + schroef (“bolt”).
Noun
editmoer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
- a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
- (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
- Het kan me geen moer schelen.
- I do not care at all.
- Het kan me geen moer schelen.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 3
editFrom 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”).
Noun
editmoer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
Related terms
editEtymology 4
editThis etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editmoer ?
References
edit- 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
Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editmoer f (plural moers)
Galician
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere (“to mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Portuguese moer.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmoer (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)
- (transitive) to mill
- (transitive) to grind, to crush
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | moer | |||||
Personal | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moeren |
Gerund | ||||||
moendo | ||||||
Short past participle | ||||||
Masculine | mudo1 | mudos1 | ||||
Feminine | muda1 | mudas1 | ||||
Long past participle | ||||||
Masculine | moído2 | moídos2 | ||||
Feminine | moída2 | moídas2 | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | moio | moes | moe | moemos | moedes | moen |
Imperfect | moía | moías | moía | moïamos | moïades | moían |
Preterite | moín | moíches | moeu | moemos | moestes | moeron |
Pluperfect | moera | moeras | moera | moeramos | moerades | moeran |
Future | moerei | moerás | moerá | moeremos | moeredes | moerán |
Conditional | moería | moerías | moería | moeriamos | moeriades | moerían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | moia | moias | moia | moiamos | moiades | moian |
Imperfect | moese | moeses | moese | moésemos | moésedes | moesen |
Future | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moeren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | moe | moia | moiamos | moede | moian | |
Negative (non) | non moias | non moia | non moiamos | non moiades | non moian |
Related terms
edit- amoado (“liquid dough; mixture”)
- moa (“molar; millstone”)
- moenda (“action of milling”)
- muíña (“chaff”)
- muíño (“mill”)
- muiñeira (Galician traditional dance and bagpipe music)
- mudo
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “moer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmoer (masculine moren or moeren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)
Declension
editnumber and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass moer | si ass moer | et ass moer | si si(nn) moer | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | moeren | moer | moert | moer |
independent without determiner | moeres | moerer | |||
dative | after any declined word | moeren | moerer | moeren | moeren |
as first declined word | moerem | moerem |
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editmoer
- indefinite plural of mo m
- indefinite plural of moe m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editmoer f
- 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
editmoer
Descendants
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere. Compare Galician moer.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: mo‧er
Verb
editmoer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moí, past participle moído)
- (transitive) to mill
- (transitive) to grind, crush
- Synonym: esmagar
- (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire, exhaust
- (figuratively, colloquial, transitive) to nag, to annoy
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | moer | |||||
Personal | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moerem |
Gerund | ||||||
moendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | moído | moídos | ||||
Feminine | moída | moídas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | moo, môo1 | móis | mói | moemos | moeis | moem |
Imperfect | moía | moías | moía | moíamos | moíeis | moíam |
Preterite | moí | moeste | moeu | moemos | moestes | moeram |
Pluperfect | moera | moeras | moera | moêramos | moêreis | moeram |
Future | moerei | moerás | moerá | moeremos | moereis | moerão |
Conditional | moeria | moerias | moeria | moeríamos | moeríeis | moeriam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | moa | moas | moa | moamos | moais | moam |
Imperfect | moesse | moesses | moesse | moêssemos | moêsseis | moessem |
Future | moer | moeres | moer | moermos | moerdes | moerem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | mói | moa | moamos | moei | moam | |
Negative (não) | não moas | não moa | não moamos | não moais | não moam |
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