Noun: veer
Gender: Feminine, Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like veer
scheer,
naaldgeweer,
burchtheer,
vuursteengeweer,
aalspeer,
ionosfeer,
honingbeer,
contourveer,
letterkeer,
bannerheer,
conifeer,
strandmeer,
springveer,
kwakkelweer,
drijfveer,
zoutwatermeer,
zedenleer,
scherpschuttersgeweer,
aanvalsgeweer,
leenheer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. A contraction of veder, from Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethara, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to resume their shape when bent.
2. Cognate with Low German Fedder, German Feder, West Frisian fear, English feather, Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder. See: German Nouns '
Feder', English Nouns '
feather', Danish Nouns '
fjer', Swedish Nouns '
fjäder'.
Verbs referencing "veer"
German Nouns
Fähre.
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