Buer

See also: buer and bür

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːʁ/, [bu(ː)ɐ̯]

Proper noun

Buer n (proper noun, genitive Buers or (optionally with an article) Buer)

A former village, now a quarter of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

German Low German

Alternative forms

Buur, Bur

Etymology

From Middle Low German bûr. Westphalian has a phonemic diphthong /uə̯/ (from Old Saxon -u- in open syllables) with which /uː/ merges before /r/. Otherwise the spelling Buer is sometimes used in non-rhotic dialects which make no difference between syllable-final /r/ and /ər/.

Noun

Buer m (plural Buern)

(in some dialects, including Westphalian, Low Prussian) Alternative form of Buur (“farmer, peasant; jack in cardgames”)

Derived terms

see also the terms derived from Buur

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːr/, [buə], [ˈbuː.ɐ]
Rhymes: -uɐ

Etymology 1

From Middle High German burne, northern metathesis of brunne, from Old High German brunno. Cognate with German Born and Brunnen, Dutch bron.

Noun

Buer m (plural Bueren)

well (water source)
Synonym: Pëtz
- ca. 1800, Traditional (lyrics and music), “Zu Arel op der Knippchen”, adapted to modern orthography:
  Ech hunn deréinscht ganz waarm vum kale Buer gedronk.
  Hätt ech eng Schäppchen Alen, wär ech erëm um Spronk!
  Gläich ass de Mann bekëmmert: Hei, Mod! Schwenk du e Glas!
  An huel déi zënne Kännchen an zap vum beschte Faass!
  I drank from the cold well just now when I felt so warm.
  If I had a pint of the old wine, I’d be fine again!
  At once the husband takes charge: Hey, maid! You rinse a glass!
  And take the tin jug and tap from the best barrel!

Alternative forms

Bur (superseded)

Etymology 2

From Old High German bora. Cognate with Dutch boor, English bore.

Noun

Buer m (plural Buerer)

Synonyms

Buerer

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