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zeer

Pronunciation: /zeːr/

“zeer” is a Dutch word. Its 11 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. sore, painful
  2. painful, grieving
  3. hurtful
  4. affected by a painful skin syndrome

noun

  1. a physical pain, ache, hurt
  2. grief, suffering
  3. a sore spot; crust on a wound, boil etc.
  4. a cause of physical pain, notably disease; discomfort, uneasiness
  5. a flaw, fault, sin, defect

adverb

  1. very, to a high degree or intensity
  2. sorely, painfully, notably in zeer doen (“to hurt”)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sêer, from Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

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