Fuer

See also: fuer, für, and Füer

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German vuore, from Old High German fuora, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrā, from Proto-Germanic *fōrō.[1]

Cognate with German Fuhre and Luxembourgish Fouer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfuːa/
  • Rhymes: -uːa
  • Syllabification: Fu‧er
  • Homophone: Fuher

Noun

Fuer f (plural Fure)

  1. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal)
    Synonyms: Kaross, Waan

Derived terms

  • Fuermann
  • Fuerochs

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Fuer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 60

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vere, from Old High German *fera, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ (“ferry”). Displaced by Fähr, a borrowing from German. Akin to German Fähre, English ferry, Dutch veer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuːʀ/, [ˈfuː.ɐ], [fuə̯]
  • Rhymes: -uɐ

Noun

Fuer f (plural Fueren)

  1. (dated) ferry
    Synonym: Fähr
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