Bure

See also: bure, burĕ, and burė

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bjʊə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Bure

  1. A river in Norfolk, England.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Backformation of Dutch Boeren, plural of Boer. The word originally means “farmer” in Dutch but also in several German dialects, which is probably why the form Bur was avoided in German. (The word Bauer, and even more Bur as a dialectal form, may have the pejorative implication of an illiterate person. Compare English boor.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buːʁə/
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Noun

Bure m (weak, genitive Buren, plural Buren, feminine Burin)

  1. Boer

Declension
Declension of Bure [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bure die Buren
genitive eines des Buren der Buren
dative einem dem Buren den Buren
accusative einen den Buren die Buren

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Bure” in Duden online
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