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Feier

See also: feier

Bavarian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German viur, viwer, viuwer, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɶːɐ/, /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feier, diminutive Feierl)

  1. fire (chemical process)
  2. fire (instance of something burning)
  3. (firearms) fire; the act of firing
  4. a means for lighting a fire, i.e. a lighter or matches

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German vîre, from Old High German fîra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feiern, diminutive Feierl)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • Fauer (variant in Moselle Franconian)
  • Füür (Ripuarian)

Etymology

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See Füür.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Feier n

  1. (most of Moselle Franconian) fire

East Central German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German viur. Compare German Feuer.

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Noun

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Feier

  1. (Erzgebirgisch, Silesian) fire
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Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41:

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vîre, from Old High German fîra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa̯ɪɐ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Feier f (genitive Feier, plural Feiern)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Declension

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Declension of Feier [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Feier die Feiern
genitive einer der Feier der Feiern
dative einer der Feier den Feiern
accusative eine die Feier die Feiern

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Feier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Feier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Feier” in Duden online
  •   Feier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • fayer (Wiesemann spelling)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*péh₂wr̥

Inherited from Central Franconian Feier, from Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.[1]

Cognate with German Feuer and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feire)

  1. fire
    Das Feier gehd net aan.
    The fire won't light.
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nouns

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle High German vīre, from Old High German fīra, borrowed from Latin fēriae.[1]

Cognate with German Feier and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feire)

  1. celebration
  2. party
    Synonym: Fest
Derived terms
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nouns

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Feier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 47

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir. Cognate with German Feuer, Dutch vuur, West Frisian fjoer, English fire.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feieren)

  1. fire
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German vīre, from Old High German fīra, ultimately from Latin fēriae. Compare German Feier.

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feieren)

  1. celebration
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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir. Compare German Feuer, English fire.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feire)

  1. fire
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