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:

Concepts

fire

🔥

heat

zeal

impetus

passion

flame

fervour

ardour

ardor

fervor

verve

zest

vivacity

blaze

bonfire

glow

spirit

surge

swing

traffic light

🚦

lighthouse light

sacred fire

transport

fire

🔥

bombardment

conflagration

delirium

enthusiasm

fervency

firearm

go

gunshot

light

lights

mettle

momentum

pep

rush

shelling

Synonyms

gloed

ambitie

ijver

vlam

opwinding

heftigheid

onstuimigheid

verve

sappigheid

spirit

fik

geestdrift

brand

pittigheid

vervoer

vervoering

beschieting

geijl

hartstocht

fornuis

vuurzee

delirium

stoof

transport

vlammenzee

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.