See also: Dier

English edit

Etymology edit

From die +‎ -er.

Noun edit

dier (plural diers)

  1. One who dies.
    • 1985, Don DeLillo, White Noise:
      It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier.
    • 2006, Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari:
      Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.

Usage notes edit

  • Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Compare deceased.

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch dier, from Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch *dior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dir/
  • (file)

Noun edit

dier (plural diere)

  1. animal
  2. beast; brute

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dir/, [diːr], [diər]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun edit

dier n (plural dieren, diminutive diertje n)

  1. animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia
Usage notes edit

Sometimes used as a term of endearment or flirtation, as in the phrase lekker dier.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch dier.

Determiner edit

dier

  1. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural of die).
    De verdachte heeft zich samen met een vriend, haar dochter en dier vriend schuldig gemaakt aan de moord op haar echtgenoot [...] (from a verdict of the Court of Justice at 's-Gravenhage, 2011 [1])
    The accused (woman) is guilty of having murdered her husband in cooperation with a friend, her daughter and the latter's friend [...]
Usage notes edit

Dier is used in a similar way as the possessive determiners haar and hun. It is rare in spoken Dutch, but used occasionally in writing to avoid confusion. Compare:

  • Zij vertelde van haar dochter en haar man.She told of her daughter and her (own) husband.
  • Zij vertelde van haar dochter en dier man.She told of her daughter and the latter's husband.

The corresponding masculine and neuter singular form is diens.

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

dier (comparative dierder, superlative dierst)

  1. (dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of duur
Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Elfdalian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þeir, þær, from Proto-Germanic *þai.

Pronoun edit

dier

  1. they

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German durri, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dier (masculine dieren, neuter diert, comparative méi dier, superlative am diersten)

  1. (of plants and trees) dry, dead

Declension edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch dier, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun edit

dier n

  1. animal
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Dutch: dier
  • Limburgish: deer

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner edit

dier

  1. inflection of die:
    1. feminine genitive/dative singular
    2. genitive plural

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

dier

  1. present tense of die

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun edit

dier n

  1. animal

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • dier”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Slovak edit

Noun edit

dier

  1. genitive plural of diera

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian diār, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dier n (plural dieren, diminutive dierke)

  1. animal

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • dier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011