oor

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Meaning

(neuter) ear
(neuter) handle (of cup, mug)

Frequency

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oːr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, West Frisian ear, English ear, Danish øre.

Cognate with German

Ohr

Cognate with Western Frisian

ear

Cognate with English

ear

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Sentences

Het ging het ene
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oor
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in en het andere oor
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uit .

It went in one ear and out the other.

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