Bier
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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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Bier n (plural Bier)
Central Franconian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
Bier n or m (plural Bier)
- (many dialects) beer (drink)
Usage notes edit
- Masculine in southern Moselle Franconian, otherwise neuter.
Alternative forms edit
- Beer (western Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German bēr, from Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
Noun edit
Bier m (plural Biere)
- (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 edit
Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
Bier n (strong, genitive Bieres or Biers, plural Biere or Bier, diminutive Bierchen n)
- (beverage) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
- (informal) business, beeswax (personal affairs)
Usage notes edit
- 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 needs to specify Pils, Weißbier, Kölsch, etc.)
- The marked plural Biere is used to mean different kinds of beer. For example: „Pils und Kölsch sind beliebte deutsche Biere.“ – “Pils and Kölsch are popular German beers.”
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Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
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]
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Bier n (nominative plural Biere)
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Bier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.
Noun edit
Bier m (plural Bieren)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.
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Bier f (plural Bieren)
Alternative forms edit
- Bir (superseded in 2019)
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.
Noun edit
Bier n (plural Bier)
Usage notes edit
- "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 edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ.
Compare German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer.
Noun edit
Bier n (plural Biere)