verkeer

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch verkeer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fərˈkɪər/ === Noun === verkeer (uncountable) traffic == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vərˈkeːr/ Hyphenation: ver‧keer Rhymes: -eːr === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== verkeer n (uncountable, no diminutive) traffic intercourse, exchange, dealings ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: verkeer → West Frisian: ferkear === Etymology 2 === Probably a shortening of verkeerbord or a deverbal from verkeren, although it is unclear which sense of verkeren is meant. ==== Noun ==== verkeer n (uncountable, diminutive verkeertje n) (historical) verquere, a historical tables game (obsolete, chiefly diminutive) a game of verquere ===== Derived terms ===== verkeerschijf verkeerstuk verkeertafel ===== Descendants ===== → English: verquere === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== verkeer inflection of verkeren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === verkere