Waver

See also: waver

English

Proper noun

Waver

1. A river in northern Cumbria, England, which flows into the Solway Firth.

Derived terms

• Holme East Waver
• Waverton (Cumbria)

Dutch

Etymology

The hamlet in the Netherlands is first attested as wauere in 1217. The toponym is derived from the name of a forest, which derives in turn from a term cognate to German wabern (“undulate, waft”) and English waver. Compare Weiver, Waver, Waverley, Waverton and Wavertree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: Wa‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

Proper noun

Waver n

1. Wavre, a town in Belgium.
2. A hamlet in Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “waver”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Ellipsis of Dark Waver.

Noun

Waver m (strong, genitive Wavers, plural Waver)

1. (dated slang) darkwaver, goth (fan of dark wave music)
   • 2013, Nilz Bokelberg, “Monday, you can fall apart”, in Endlich gute Musik‎^[2], Dumont Buchverlag, →ISBN:

     Das haben halt die Waver gehört. Man muss sich in jungen Jahren ja auch dringend positionieren. Waver, die waren immer scheiße drauf. Waver waren fast so was wie Gruftis.

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Declension

Declension of Waver [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Waver	die	Waver
genitive	eines	des	Wavers	der	Waver
dative	einem	dem	Waver	den	Wavern
accusative	einen	den	Waver	die	Waver

Further reading

• “Waver” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache