voer

From Dutch voer ("to feed")

• IPA^(key): /fuːr/
• Rhymes: -ur

voer (present voer, present participle voerende, past participle gevoer)

1. (transitive) to feed; to give food

   Liné voer vir die kat roomys.

   Liné feeds the cat ice cream.

• IPA^(key): /vuːr/

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• Hyphenation: voer
• Rhymes: -ur

Contraction of voeder, from Middle Dutch voeder, from Old Dutch *fuoder, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr.

voer n (uncountable)

1. fodder, grub, animal food, feed, (for humans) inferior food

   De boer verdeelt het voer onder zijn vee.

   The farmer distributes the fodder among his livestock.

   Ik moet voer kopen voor mijn konijnen.

   I need to buy grub for my rabbits.

   Dit voer is rijk aan essentiële voedingsstoffen voor vogels.

   This animal food is rich in essential nutrients for birds.

2. (obsolete) bait

• voeden

• → Caribbean Javanese: pur

Contraction of voeder, from Middle Dutch voeder, from Old Dutch *fuothar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōþr.

voer n (uncountable)

1. (wagon) load
2. (obsolete) a wine measure, about a barrel

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voer n (plural voeren, diminutive voertje n)

1. (obsolete) act(ion), deed; business
2. (obsolete) conduct
3. (obsolete) attitude
4. (obsolete) agitation; mischief

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

voer

1. singular past indicative of varen

voer

1. inflection of voeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• over, rove

voer

1. Alternative spelling of vōre

voer

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of vāren

voer

1. for

voer

1. in front of