Feuer

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Compare Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, West Frisian fjoer, English fire, Danish fyr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔʏ̯ər/, [ˈfɔʏ̯ɐ] Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯ɐ === Noun === Feuer n (strong, genitive Feuers, plural Feuer, diminutive Feuerchen n or Feuerlein n) fire (chemical process) Feuer fangen ― to catch fire fire (instance of something burning) Synonym: Brand (firearms) fire; the act of firing (informal) a means for lighting a fire, i.e. a lighter or matches Synonyms: Feuerzeug, Streichholz, Zündholz ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== feuern, verfeuern feurig, feuerfarben ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Feuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Feuer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Feuer” in Duden online “Feuer” in OpenThesaurus.de Feuer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de