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zeer
zeer
Crimean Tatar
Noun
zeer
- A poison
Declension
Declension of zeer
| nominative | zeer |
|---|---|
| genitive | zeerniñ |
| dative | zeerge |
| accusative | zeerni |
| locative | zeerde |
| ablative | zeerden |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːr
Etymology
From Middle Dutch seer, from Old Dutch *sēr. The noun is from Proto-Germanic *sairą, the adjective from *sairaz. Cognate with English sore, German sehr.
Adjective
zeer (comparative zeerder, superlative zeerst)
Inflection
| Inflection of zeer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zeer | |||
| inflected | zere | |||
| comparative | zeerder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zeer | zeerder | het zeerst het zeerste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zere | zeerdere | zeerste |
| n. sing. | zeer | zeerder | zeerste | |
| plural | zere | zeerdere | zeerste | |
| definite | zere | zeerdere | zeerste | |
| partitive | zeers | zeerders | — | |
Derived terms
- zeerheid
- zeerte
- zeeroog
- zeerkop
- zeerhoofdig
Noun
zeer n (plural zeren, diminutive zeertje n)
- A physical pain, ache, hurt
- grief, suffering
- (archaic) A sore spot; crust on a wound, boil etc;
- (archaic) A cause of physical pain, notably disease; discomfort, uneasiness
- (obsolete) A flaw, fault, sin, defect
Synonyms
- (pain): pijn
Derived terms
- bezeren
- buikzeer, hartzeer, hoofdzeer, koningszeer, kwaadzeer, tandzeer
- zeerachtig, zeerbaar, zerig, kleinzerig
- zeerdom
- zeering
- zeerwording
Adverb
zeer
- (literally) sorely, painfully, notably in zeer doen 'to hurt'
- (figuratively) very, to a high degree or intensity
Derived terms
- evenzeer, hoezeer, zeerna, zozeer, ten zeerste
- zeereerwaard, zeergeacht, zeergeëerd, zeergeleerd, zeergestreng (emphatic adjectives; can all remain split: zeer ...)