dier
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
dier (plural diers)
- 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.
- 1985, Don DeLillo, White Noise
Usage notesEdit
- Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Compare deceased.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dier (plural diere)
DutchEdit
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PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.
NounEdit
dier n (plural dieren, diminutive diertje n)
Usage notesEdit
Sometimes used as a term of endearment or flirtation, as in the phrase lekker dier.
Derived termsEdit
- boerderijdier
- buideldier
- chordadier
- circusdier
- cloacadier
- dagdier
- dierdicht
- dierenarts
- dierenbescherming
- dierenbeul
- dierendag
- dierenepos
- dierenhandel
- dierenleed
- dierenmishandeling
- dierenperk
- dierenpsycholoog
- dierenrechten
- dierenriem
- dierenrijk
- dierentuin
- dierenvriend
- dierenwelzijn
- dierenwinkel
- diergaarde
- diergeneeskunde
- dierkunde
- dierlijk
- dieronterend
- dierproef
- diersoort
- diervriendelijk
- elpendier
- fabeldier
- gekorven dier
- gordeldier
- hoefdier
- huisdier
- kerfdier
- knaagdier
- knuffeldier
- koraaldier
- kruipdier
- kuddedier
- landdier
- lastdier
- maagzakdier
- manteldier
- nachtdier
- neteldier
- nutsdier
- pantoffeldier
- partijdier
- placentadier
- proefdier
- prooidier
- rendier
- reuzendier
- rijdier
- roofdier
- sabeldier
- schaaldier
- schelpdier
- schubdier
- slurfdier
- snaveldier
- sponsdier
- spookdier
- trekdier
- troeteldier
- vogelbekdier
- waterdier
- weekdier
- werkdier
- werveldier
- zeedier
- zoogdier
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch dier.
DeterminerEdit
dier
- (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 notesEdit
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 3Edit
AdjectiveEdit
dier (comparative dierder, superlative dierst)
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
ElfdalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse þeir, þær, from Proto-Germanic *þai.
PronounEdit
dier
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German durri, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dier (masculine dieren, neuter diert, comparative méi dier, superlative am diersten)
DeclensionEdit
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass dier | si ass dier | et ass dier | si si(nn) dier | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | dieren | dier | diert | dier |
independent without determiner | dieres | dierer | |||
dative | after any declined word | dieren | dierer | dieren | dieren |
as first declined word | dierem | dierem |
Middle DutchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Dutch dier, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.
NounEdit
dier n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
DeterminerEdit
dier
Further readingEdit
- “dier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dier (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
dier
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.
NounEdit
dier n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dier”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
SlovakEdit
NounEdit
dier
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian diār, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dier n (plural dieren, diminutive dierke)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011