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Proper noun edit

Wasser (plural Wassers)

  1. A surname.

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Alemannic German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

Noun edit

Wasser n

  1. (Basel, Alsatian) water

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten
  • Rudolf Suter, Baseldeutsch-Grammatik (1976): s Wasser

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Waßer (native in most dialects; now archaic in many)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar. The use of -a- instead of the expected -ā- is influenced by standard German.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Wasser n (plural Wasser, diminutive Wässerche)

  1. (many dialects) water
    • 1990, “Dat Wasser vun Kölle”‎[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:
      O leeve Jott, jevv uns Wasser,
      Denn janz Kölle hät Doosch!
      O leeve Jott, jevv uns Wasser
      Un helf uns en der Nut!
      O dear God, give us water,
      For all of Cologne is thirsty!
      O dear God, give us water
      And help us in our misery!

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of *wódr̥.

Compare Low German Water, Dutch water, English water, Danish vand.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.sər/, [ˈva.sɐ], [ˈva.səʁ]
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  • Hyphenation: Was‧ser

Noun edit

Wasser n (strong, genitive Wassers, plural Wasser or Wässer, diminutive Wässerchen n or Wässerlein n)

  1. water (H₂O)
  2. alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit
  3. (colloquial) Clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser.

Usage notes edit

  • Both plural forms are infrequent. Unchanged Wasser is used as a purely emphatic plural: die Wasser des Rheins – the waters of the Rhine. Wässer is used as an actual plural meaning different kinds of water (or brandy): teure und preiswerte Wässer – expensive and inexpensive [table] waters. However, Wässer is also used emphatically in some compound words such as Abwässer (waste water) and Schmutzwässer (dirty water).

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Hunsrik edit

Alternative forms edit

  • waser (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Wasser n (plural Wassre)

  1. water
    Ich drinke en Glaas Wasser.
    I am drinking a glass of water.

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Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar. Compare German Wasser, Dutch water, English water.

Noun edit

Wasser n

  1. water

Rhine Franconian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

Noun edit

Wasser ?

  1. (many dialects, including Palatine) water

References edit

  • Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): guts Wasser

Unserdeutsch edit

Etymology edit

From German Wasser, from Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

Noun edit

*Wasser

  1. water

References edit

  • Craig Volker, The Birth and Decline of Rabaul Creole German, in: 1991, Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 22, pp. 143ff., here p. 154:
    3. Inclusive/exclusive 'we':
    (a) Uns bis neben Salz-wasser.
    we:IN are next.to salt water
    'We're next to the ocean.'

Volga German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

Noun edit

Wasser n

  1. water