bier
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɪɚ/
- Homophone: beer
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun edit
bier (plural biers)
- A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- They bore him bare-faced on the bier.
- A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
- 1971, Pichon Pei Yung Loh, The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924[1], Columbia University Press, page 1:
- On April 5, 1925, Chiang Kai-shek returned from the First Eastern Expedition to the Whampoa Military Academy to officiate at a funeral service for Sun Yat-sen, who had died in Peking on March 12. Huang Chi-lu, then a young professor of political science at the University of Kwangtung and destined to become director of the Kuomintang Archives some forty years later, has informed us of the display of strong emotion evidenced by Chiang on this occasion: "The service was officiated by Mr. Chiang and Liao Chung-k'ai and was attended by over four thousand officers, cadets, and soldiers. As the funeral ceremonies began, Mr. Chiang, unable to control himself, wept bitterly and audibly, causing all in the assembly to shed tears."¹ Three years later, at the conclusion of the Northern Expedition, a similarly melodramatic scene unfolded before the eyes of the public as Chiang visited Sun's bier in the suburbs of Peking.
- A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.[1]
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References edit
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Bier”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie)
Derived terms edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (“beer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bier m
Danish edit
Noun edit
bier c
- indefinite plural of bi
Verb edit
bier
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bier n (plural bieren, diminutive biertje n)
- (uncountable) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
- Het is hier nu vooral feest en bier drinken.
- Here it's mostly partying and drinking beer.
- (countable, usually in the diminutive) a serving of beer
- (countable) a variety of beer
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bier na wijn geeft venijn
- bieraccijns
- bierazijn
- bierbank
- bierboom
- bierbrouwer
- bierbrouwerij
- bierbrouwster
- bierbuik
- bierdop
- bierdrager
- bierdrinker
- bierfiets
- bierfles
- biergeld
- bierglas
- bierhuis
- bierkan
- bierkelder
- bierkroeg
- bierpens
- bierpomp
- bierpul
- biersmaak
- biertap
- bierton
- biervat
- biervilt
- bierwagen
- bierworst
- bvo
- wijn na bier geeft plezier
- beer types
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: bier
- Negerhollands: bier
- → Breton: bier
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bir
- → Caribbean Javanese: bir
- → Malay: bir
- Indonesian: bir
- → Japanese: ビール (bīru)
- → Javanese: bir
- → Sranan Tongo: biri
Anagrams edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
bier n
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
- Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants)
- Afrikaans: bier
- Limburgish: beer
- → Middle French: biere (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “bier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bier”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
bier m or f
- indefinite plural of bie
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
bier f
- indefinite plural of bie
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
See bjēr
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
bier f (plural biern)
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian biār, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
bier n (plural bieren, diminutive bierke)
Further reading edit
- “bier (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Frisian bēre, from Proto-West Germanic *bāru.
Noun edit
bier n (plural bieren)
- A bier (litter).
Further reading edit
- “bier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011