Wiktionary

Bier

See also: 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)

  1. beer

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)

  1. (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)

  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)
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

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

NounEdit

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. (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

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 uncommon, see notes.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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

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)

  1. bear
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.

NounEdit

Bier f (plural Bieren)

  1. pear
  2. light bulb
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)

  1. berry
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)

  1. beer

Derived termsEdit

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