Buer

== German == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buːʁ/, [bu(ː)ɐ̯] === Proper noun === Buer n (proper noun, genitive Buers or (optionally with an article) Buer) A former village, now a quarter of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. == Low German == === Alternative forms === Buur, Bur === Etymology === From Middle Low German bûr. Westphalian has a phonemic diphthong /uə̯/ (from Old Saxon -u- in open syllables) with which /uː/ merges before /r/. Otherwise the spelling Buer is sometimes used in non-rhotic dialects which make no difference between syllable-final /r/ and /ər/. === Noun === Buer m (plural Buern) (German Low German) (in some dialects, including Westphalian, Low Prussian) alternative form of Buur (“farmer, peasant; jack in cardgames”) ==== Derived terms ==== see also the terms derived from Buur == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buːr/, [buə], [ˈbuː.ɐ] Rhymes: -uɐ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German burne, northern metathesis of brunne, from Old High German brunno. Cognate with German Born and Brunnen, Dutch bron. ==== Noun ==== Buer m (plural Bueren) well (water source) Synonym: Pëtz ===== Alternative forms ===== Bur (superseded) === Etymology 2 === From Old High German bora. Cognate with Dutch boor, English bore. ==== Noun ==== Buer m (plural Buerer) drill drill bit ===== Synonyms ===== Buerer ===== Related terms ===== bueren Buermaschinn