vuur

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) fire
2. (neuter) heater
3. (informal,neuter) a lighter
4. (neuter) the act of firing with firearms, explosives or less commonly other projectile weapons; fire

Adj

great, amazing, extraordinary, dope

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vyr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. The adjectival slang sense is a calque of the slang sense of English fire.

Sentences

Het ontbreken van een kadaster is echter olie op het vuur .

However, the lack of a land registry is oil on fire.