Bier
Alemannic GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Bier n (plural Bier)
Central FranconianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
NounEdit
Bier n or m (plural Bier)
- (many dialects) beer (drink)
Usage notesEdit
- Masculine in southern Moselle Franconian, otherwise neuter.
Alternative formsEdit
- Beer (western Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle High German bēr, from Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
NounEdit
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)
See alsoEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 notesEdit
- 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.”
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- Altbier
- Bierabend
- bierartig
- Bierausschank
- Bierbaß
- Bierbecher
- Bierbrauer
- Bierdeckel
- Biergarten
- Bierglas
- Bierhefe
- Bierjunge
- Bierkeller
- Bierleiche
- Bierschaum
- Bierschorle
- Biersuppe
- Biertheke
- Bierwürze
- Dunkelbier
- Fassbier
- Flaschenbier
- Hellbier
- Malzbier
- Rauchbier
- Roggenbier
- Schwarzbier
- Weißbier
- Weizenbier
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Bier” in Duden online
- “Bier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bier”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2022
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.
NounEdit
Bier m (plural Bieren)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.
NounEdit
Bier f (plural Bieren)
Alternative formsEdit
- Bir (superseded in 2019)
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.
NounEdit
Bier n (plural Bier)
Derived termsEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ.
Compare German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer.
NounEdit
Bier n (plural Biere)