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vuur.

fire

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vyr/[vyːr]

  1. fire

    neuter
    We maakten een vuur om ons warm te houden tijdens de koude nacht.
    Pas op voor het vuur, het kan je verbranden.

  2. heater

    neuter

  3. a lighter

    informal · neuter
    Heb je vuur?

  4. the act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

adj/vyr/[vyːr]

  1. great, amazing, extraordinary, dope

    not-comparable · slang
    Zijn nieuwe album is vuur.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

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