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Bier

See also: bier and Bie̩r

Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).

Cognate with German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.

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Noun

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Bier n (plural Bier)

  1. beer

Central Franconian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

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Bier n or m (plural Bier)

  1. (many dialects) beer (drink)
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  • Masculine in southern Moselle Franconian, otherwise neuter.
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  • Beer (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German bēr, from Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

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Bier m (plural Biere)

  1. (most dialects) a male uncastrated pig; a boar
    Buur, Bär un Bier sinn drei kodde Dier.
    Farmer, bear and boar are three evil animals. (Old Colognian proverb expressing city-dwellers’ snobbery)
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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).

Akin to Dutch bier, Low German Beer, bêr, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biːɐ̯/
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  • Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Noun

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Bier n (strong, genitive Bieres or Biers, plural Biere or Bier, diminutive Bierchen n)

  1. (beverage) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
  2. (figurative, informal) business, beeswax (personal affairs)
    Das ist nicht mein Bier! ― That's none of my business!

Usage notes

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  • As is common with beverages in German, the unchanged plural Bier can be used after numerals in the sense of “quantities of beer” (glasses, bottles, cans). One may order:
    Zwei Bier, bitte!
    Two beers, please!
    (Nota bene: In many places of the German language area, this is not a common order; instead one often specifies Pils, Weißbier, Kölsch, etc.)
  • The marked plural Biere is used to mean different kinds of beer.
    Pils und Kölsch sind beliebte deutsche Biere.
    Pils and Kölsch are popular German beers.

Declension

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Declension of Bier [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Bier die Biere, Bier
genitive eines des Bieres, Biers der Biere, Bier
dative einem dem Bier, Biere1 den Bieren, Biern
accusative ein das Bier die Biere, Bier

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Italian: birra (see there for further descendants)
  • → Romanian: bere
  • → Swedish: bir

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Inherited from Central Franconian bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).[1]

Cognate with German Bier.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Bier n (nominative plural Biere)

  1. beer

Declension

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Declension of Bier
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative das Bier die Biere
dative dem Bier den/de Biere

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Bier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 24

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.

Noun

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Bier m (plural Bieren)

  1. bear
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Etymology 2

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From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.

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Bier f (plural Bieren)

  1. pear
  2. light bulb
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  • Bir (superseded in 2019)

Etymology 3

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From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.

Noun

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Bier n (plural Bier)

  1. berry
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  • "Bier" can also mean "nut" or "bonce" (as in head) when used in Luxembourgish slang: i.e.: "wann's de dech net gëss, kriss de eng op d'Bier!" meaning "if you don't behave, you'll be hit in the head!"
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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ.

Compare German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer.

Noun

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Bier n (plural Biere)

  1. beer

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