Afrikaans

Noun

moer ‎(plural moere)

1. nut: female ****, which fits on a bolt

   Ek draai die moer vas

2. seed tuber

moer ‎(uncountable)

1. dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

Verb

moer ‎(present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)

1. to hit someone very hard

   Ek gaan jou hard moer.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːr/

Etymology 1

Contraction of moeder ‎(“mother”) by syncope of medial /d/.

Noun

moer f ‎(plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. (rare, archaic) mother
2. a queen bee
3. a female hare
4. a female rabbit
5. a female ferret

Synonyms

• (mother): moeder, ma, mama
• (queen bee): bijenkoningin
• (female hare): moershaas
• (female rabbit): moerkonijn

Derived terms

• hellemoer
• moershaas
• moerkonijn
• moerstaal
• moerschroef
• moersleutel

Etymology 2

A shortening of moerschroef, from moer ‎(“mother”) +‎ schroef ‎(“bolt”).

Noun

moer f ‎(plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
2. (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)

   Het kan me geen moer schelen.

   I do not care at all.

Etymology 3

Contraction of moeder, a dialectal variant of modder ‎(“mud”).

Noun

moer f ‎(plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. sediment formed in various alcholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch moer ‎(“morass”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer ‎(“lake”). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr ‎(“moor, marsh”).

Noun

moer n ‎(plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)

1. morass, marsh, peat

Etymology 5

Noun

moer ?

1. Alternative form of muur chickweed

References

• Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]

Anagrams

• more, roem, Rome

Luxembourgish

Adjective

moer ‎(masculine moeren or moren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)

1. lean
2. skinny, meagre

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese moer, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō ‎(“I grind, I mill”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmweɾ/

Verb

moer

1. (transitive) to mill
2. (transitive) to grind, crush
3. (figuratively, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to tire; exhaust

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to crush): esmagar
• (to tire): cansar, fatigar

Derived terms

• moagem