See also: Dier

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From die +‎ -er.

NounEdit

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 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

  • IPA(key): /dir/
  • (file)

NounEdit

dier (plural diere)

  1. animal
  2. beast; brute

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

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)

  1. animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia
Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch dier.

DeterminerEdit

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 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)

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

AnagramsEdit

ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

dier

  1. they

LuxembourgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. (of plants and trees) dry, dead

DeclensionEdit

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

  1. animal
InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit
  • Dutch: dier
  • Limburgish: deer

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

DeterminerEdit

dier

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

Further readingEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

dier

  1. present tense of die

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

dier n

  1. animal

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • dier”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

SlovakEdit

NounEdit

dier

  1. genitive plural of diera

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)

  1. animal

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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