Dictionary
boeren
Meaning
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- to farm, practice agriculture
- to do (well, badly...) in some business
Hyphenated as
boe‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbuːrə(n)/
Etymology
From boer (“farmer”) + -en.
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boer
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- A (male) farmer, peasant.
- A boor, yokel, ruffian, rustic.
- A merchant (and sometimes producer) of a certain product group, mainly foods, often named after it, e.g. melkboer 'milkman', groenteboer '(male) greengrocer'
- A jack (playing card).
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