leer

Meaning

Noun

leather

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of leren:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of leren:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of leren:

Concepts

leather

doctrine

theory

hide

ladder

🪜

teaching

apprenticeship

tenet

creed

meme

philosophies

doctrinaire

egalitarianism

philosophy

ism

Synonyms

leder

voetbal

🏈

huid

vel

doctrine

vacht

geloofsleer

wijsbegeerte

dogma

filosofie

ladder

🪜

leerstelling

lering

theorie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: leder

Inherited from Old Dutch: *lether

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lêre

Inherited from Old Dutch: lēra

Inherited from Middle Dutch: leer

In summary

From leder through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare weer, blij, la), from Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą.

Sentences

In het eerste leerjaar leer je simpele sommen waarbij je moet optellen en aftrekken .

In the first year, you learn simple sums where you have to add and subtract.