verkeer

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch verkeer.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fərˈkɪər/
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Noun[edit]

verkeer (uncountable)

  1. traffic

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vərˈkeːr/, /vɛrˈkeːr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧keer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1[edit]

Attested late 18th century. Deverbal derivation from verkeren, probably after slightly earlier German Verkehr (early 18th c.). In both languages the original sense is “exchange, dealings”. The sense “traffic” appears around 1850.

Noun[edit]

verkeer n (uncountable)

  1. traffic
  2. intercourse, exchange, dealings
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: verkeer
  • → West Frisian: ferkear

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably a shortening of verkeerbord or a deverbal from verkeren, although it is unclear which sense of verkeren is meant.

Noun[edit]

verkeer n (uncountable, diminutive verkeertje n)

  1. (historical) verquere, a historical tables game
  2. (obsolete, chiefly diminutive) a game of verquere
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

verkeer

  1. inflection of verkeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams[edit]

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