Buur

• Boor (Kölsch; especially older, now also Buur)
• Bouer, Bauer (Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German būre, from Old High German *būro, byform of gibūro, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”).

• IPA^(key): /buə̯/

Buur m (plural Buure)

1. (Ripuarian) farmer, peasant

• Buer (in some other dialects, including Low Prussian)
• bur, Bur (in some other dialects)
• Buu'r, Buuer
• bour, Bour, Bouer
• biur, Biur
• Biuer

From Middle Low German bûr, from Old Saxon *būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”).

Buur m (plural Bure or Buren or Buurs) (German Low German)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) farmer
2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian, largely historical) peasant
3. (in many dialects) jack (cards)

• Buurkarpe m
• Buurmargell f
• buuren, buure
• see also the terms derived from Buer

• büür (Föhr-Amrum)
• böre (Mooring)

From Old Frisian būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”). Cognate with Dutch boer, German Bauer.

Buur m (plural Buuren)

1. (Sylt) farmer