vloer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flur/

Noun

vloer (plural vloere, diminutive vloertjie)

  1. A floor.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlur/, [vluːr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vloer
  • Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

Noun

vloer m (plural vloeren, diminutive vloertje n)

  1. A floor
  2. (figuratively) Any ground, surface
  3. (figuratively) The bottom, lowest level
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vloer
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fluru
  • Negerhollands: vloer, vluer, flu
  • Sranan Tongo: flur
    • Caribbean Javanese: felur, pelur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vloer

  1. inflection of vloeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fluor, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

Noun

vloer m

  1. ground
  2. floor
  3. floor, storey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: vloer
  • Limburgish: vloor

Further reading

  • vloer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vloer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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