dyr

See also: dýr and dyr-

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːˀɐ̯/, [ˈd̥yˀɐ̯], [ˈtyɒ̯̽ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.

Noun

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  1. animal, beast (as opposed to human beings, or of human beings acting brutally)
  2. (zoology) animal (a member of Animalia)
  3. (hunting) deer (a mammal of the family Cervidae)
Declension
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English dear, German teuer, Dutch duur.

Adjective

dyr (neuter dyrt, plural and definite singular attributive dyre)

  1. expensive
  2. dear, prized
    Hendes dyreste eje.
    Her most precious possession.
Inflection

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References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dyr

  1. present tense of dy

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (door, gate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

  1. door, doorway

Declension

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See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (door, gate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːr

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum)

  1. a door, a doorway

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate with Swedish djur, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), German Tier, Dutch dier, and English deer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːr/

Noun

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  1. an animal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), German teuer, Dutch duur and dier, and English dear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːɾ/

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrere, indefinite superlative dyrest, definite superlative dyreste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːr/

Etymology 1

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

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  1. an animal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr.

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrare, indefinite superlative dyrast, definite superlative dyraste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

dȳr

  1. expensive, valuable

Declension

Descendants

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References

  • dyr in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Swedish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

  1. expensive
    Synonym: kostsam
    Antonym: billig
  2. (archaic) very valuable
    Synonym: värdefull
    Antonym: billig

Declension

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Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Article

dyr (definite)

  1. the

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

dyr

  1. Soft mutation of tyr.

Mutation

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