uur

From Dutch uur.

• (traditional) IPA^(key): /yr/, [yːr]
• (more common) IPA^(key): [iːr]

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uur (plural ure)

1. hour

From Middle Dutch ure, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

• IPA^(key): /yr/, [yːr]

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• Hyphenation: uur
• Rhymes: -yr

uur n (plural uren, diminutive uurtje n)

1. an hour, a period of time

   Ze komt over een uur. — She's coming in an hour.

2. the hour, the time of day

   Wat doe jij op dit uur nog wakker? — What are you doing still awake at this hour?

3. o'clock

   Het is twaalf uur. — It is twelve o'clock.

The singular form is normally used after numerals. Thus: vele uren lang – for many hours; but: drie uur lang – for three hours.

• spitsuur
• spreekuur
• te elfder ure
• tussenuur
• urenlang
• uurwerk

• Afrikaans: uur
• Berbice Creole Dutch: juru
• Negerhollands: uur, yer
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: i (dated)
• Petjo: uur
• → Sranan Tongo: yuru
  • → Aukan: yuu
  • → Kari'na: juru
  • → Kwinti: yuu
  • → Saramaccan: júu
  • → Trió: juuru
  • → Wayana: juru

uur

1. Alternative form of oure

• IPA^(key): /uːr/
• Hyphenation: uur
• Rhymes: -uːr

From Old Frisian ōther, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar. Cognates include West Frisian oar and German ander.

uur

1. other
2. the next

   Uur Dai geen iek tou dän Winkel. ― The next day I went to the shop.

uur

1. other

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-West Germanic *obar. Cognates include West Frisian oer and German ober.

uur (neuter or distal adverb deeruur, proximal adverb hieruur, interrogative adverb wieruur)

1. over
2. about
3. (of time) in

   Uur twäin Dege gunge iek tou Spoanjen. ― In two days I'm going to Spain.

4. (of amount) over

   Die Film is uur trjo Úre lang. ― The film is over three hours long.

uur

1. over
2. (of time) through; long

   Iek waas dän hele Dai uur züük. ― I was ill the whole day through.

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• Marron C. Fort (2015) “uur”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN