dyr

• IPA^(key): /dyːˀɐ̯/, [ˈd̥yˀɐ̯], [ˈtyɒ̯̽ˀ]

From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.

dyr n (singular definite dyret, plural indefinite dyr)

1. animal, beast (as opposed to human beings, or of human beings acting brutally)
2. (zoology) animal (a member of Animalia)
3. (hunting) deer (a mammal of the family Cervidae)

• “dyr,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, cognate with Swedish dyr, English dear, German teuer, Dutch duur.

dyr (neuter dyrt, plural and definite singular attributive dyre)

1. expensive
2. dear, prized

   Hendes dyreste eje.

   Her most precious possession.

• “dyr,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dyr

1. present tense of dy

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

• IPA^(key): /tiːɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːɹ

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

1. door, doorway

• hurð (wing of the door)

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

• IPA^(key): /tɪːr/
• Rhymes: -ɪːr

dyr f pl (plural only, genitive plural dyra)

1. a door, a doorway

• hurð

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate with Swedish djur, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), German Tier, Dutch dier, and English deer.

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra or dyrene)

1. an animal

From Old Norse dýrr. Cognate with Swedish dyr, German teuer, Dutch duur and dier, and English dear.

• IPA^(key): /dyːɾ/

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrere, indefinite superlative dyrest, definite superlative dyreste)

1. expensive
2. dear

• kostbar

• billig

• “dyr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra)

1. an animal

From Old Norse dýrr.

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrare, indefinite superlative dyrast, definite superlative dyraste)

1. expensive
2. dear

• kostbar

• billeg

• “dyr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

dȳr

1. expensive, valuable

• Swedish: dyr

• dyr in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

From Old Swedish dȳr, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

• IPA^(key): /dyːr/

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• Rhymes: -yːr

dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

1. expensive

   Synonym: kostsam

   Antonym: billig

2. (archaic) very valuable

   Synonym: värdefull

   Antonym: billig

• dyrgrip
• dyrköpt

• bedyra

• dyr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dyr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dyr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dyr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• dyr in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

• -ryd

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

dyr (definite)

1. the

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪr/

dyr

1. Soft mutation of tyr.