See also: dýr and dyr-

Danish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

  1. expensive
  2. dear, prized
    Hendes dyreste eje.
    Her most precious possession.
Inflection
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Inflection of dyr
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dyr dyrere dyrest2
Indefinite neuter singular dyrt dyrere dyrest2
Plural dyre dyrere dyrest2
Definite attributive1 dyre dyrere dyreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dyr

  1. present tense of dy

Faroese

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

  1. door, doorway

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Declension of dyr (plural only)
f28 plural
indefinite definite
nominative dyr dyrnar
accusative dyr dyrnar
dative durum durunum
genitive dura duranna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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dyr f pl (plurale tantum)

  1. a door, a doorway

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    Declension of dyr
f-s3 plural
indefinite definite
nominative dyr dyrnar
accusative dyr dyrnar
dative dyrum dyrunum
genitive dyra dyranna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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

  1. an animal
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Etymology 2

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

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Adjective

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

  1. expensive
  2. dear
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. an animal
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse dýrr.

Adjective

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

  1. expensive
  2. dear
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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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dȳr

  1. expensive, valuable

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: dyr

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dyːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

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dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

  1. expensive
    Synonym: kostsam
    Antonym: billig
  2. (archaic) very valuable
    Synonym: värdefull
    Antonym: billig

Declension

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Inflection of dyr
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dyr dyrare dyrast
Neuter singular dyrt dyrare dyrast
Plural dyra dyrare dyrast
Masculine plural3 dyre dyrare dyrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dyre dyrare dyraste
All dyra dyrare dyraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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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.

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dyr (definite)

  1. the

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dyr

  1. Soft mutation of tyr.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tyr dyr nhyr thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.