# moer
## English
### Etymology

From Afrikaans moer.

### Verb

moer (third-person singular simple present moers, present participle moering, simple past and past participle moered)
* (South Africa, transitive) To beat; to thrash.

### Noun

moer (plural moers)
* (South Africa) Something big or powerful; a whopper; a hell of a thing.
** 2003, Justin Nurse, Chris Verrijdt, Laugh it Off Annual: South African Youth Culture, volume 1, page 71:Lying dead on the surface of the Monument dam was a moer of a big carp.
** 2013, Jim Hooper, Koevoet: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War, page 239:“Some of the teams are coming in,” he said. “They had a moer of a contact. Get your cameras and let's go.”

### Anagrams

* -more, More, Rome, Moré, mero, Mero, omer, Omer, erom, Orme, mero-, more, Orem

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muːr]

### Etymology 1

From Dutch moer.

#### Noun

moer (plural moere)
* nut: female screw, which fits on a bolt
    Ek draai die moer vas
* seed tuber

### Etymology 2

From Dutch moer.

#### Noun

moer (uncountable)
* dregs, lees, sediment (of liquid)

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

moer (present moer, present participle moerende, past participle gemoer)
* to hit someone very hard
    Ek gaan jou hard moer. ― I'm gonna beat the shit out of you.

##### Descendants

* → English: moer

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mur/, [muːr]
* Hyphenation: moer
* Rhymes: -ur

### Etymology 1

Contraction of moeder (“mother”) by regular syncope of medial /d/ (compare broer, blij, leer, la).

#### Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
* (rare, archaic) mother
* sediment formed in various alcoholic drinks and vinegar; compare French: mère de vinaigre
* a queen bee
* a female hare
* a female rabbit
* a female ferret
* the main in a structure; general version

##### Synonyms

* (mother): moeder, ma, mama
* (queen bee): bijenkoningin
* (female hare): moershaas
* (female rabbit): moerkonijn

##### Derived terms

* hellemoer
* moerbeest
* moerkonijn
* moerriool
* moershaas
* moerstaal

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: moer (dated)

### Etymology 2

A shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

#### Noun

moer f (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
* a type of fastener with a threaded hole; a nut
* (informal) something small and insignificant (in the phrase geen moer)
    Het kan me geen moer schelen.
       I do not care at all.

##### Derived terms

* geen moer
* moerbout
* moeren
* moerschroef
* moersleutel

##### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: mur
* → Indonesian: mur
* → Papiamentu: mur, moer

### Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch moer (“morass”), from Old Dutch *mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz. Related to meer (“lake”). Cognate with English moor, Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”).

#### Noun

moer n (plural moeren, diminutive moertje n)
* morass, marsh, peat

##### Related terms

* moeren

### Etymology 4

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

moer ?
* Alternative form of muur chickweed

### References

* van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* more, roem, Rome

## French
### Noun

moer f (plural moers)
* morass

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere (“to mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Portuguese moer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈeɾ/

### Verb

moer (first-person singular present moio, first-person singular preterite moín, past participle moído, short past participle mudo) moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moim or moí, past participle moído, short past participle mudo, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to mill
* (transitive) to grind, to crush

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.
$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* amoado (“liquid dough; mixture”)
* moa (“molar; millstone”)
* moenda (“action of milling”)
* muíña (“chaff”)
* muíño (“mill”)
* muiñeira (Galician traditional dance and bagpipe music)
* mudo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “moer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German mager, from Old High German magar, from Proto-West Germanic *magr. Cognate with German mager, Dutch mager, Icelandic magur; also related to English meagre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoːer/, [ˈmoː.ɐ]

### Adjective

moer (masculine moren or moeren, neuter moert, comparative méi moer, superlative am moersten)
* lean
* skinny, meagre

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

moer
* indefinite plural of mo m
* indefinite plural of moe m

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

moer f
* obsolete typography of mor
** 1669, “Højr nu kiær SIRI mi”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 48:højr Moer æg nu mæ dæg til Kioppinhaffn vil faralisten, Mother: Now I want to go to Copenhagen with you

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin molere.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

moer
* to mill
* to grind, crush

#### Descendants

* Galician: moer
* Portuguese: moer

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "moer"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moer, from Latin molere. Compare Galician moer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈe(ʁ)/ [moˈe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈe(ʁ)/ [moˈe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /moˈe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /moˈe(ʁ)/ [moˈe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmweɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmweɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmwe.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mo‧er

### Verb

moer (first-person singular present moo, first-person singular preterite moí, past participle moído)
* (transitive) to mill
* (transitive) to grind, crush
    Synonym: esmagar
* (figuratively, colloquial, pronominal, intransitive) to tire, exhaust
    Synonyms: cansar, fatigar
* (figuratively, colloquial, transitive) to nag, to annoy
    Synonyms: azucrinar, atazanar, chatear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded.

#### Derived terms

* moagem
* moedor
* moer o juízo

#### Related terms

* moenda
* mó
* moinho
* moleiro