Wiktionary

weer

See also: Weer, weer-, wéër, and Wéër

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

weer

  1. comparative form of wee: more wee

AnagramsEdit

BalantakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

weer

  1. water

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʋeːr/
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA(key): [weːr], [β̞eːr]
  • (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA(key): [ʋɪːr]
  • audio(file)
  • (Gelders) IPA(key): [ʋɪːɹ]

Etymology 1Edit

Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).

AdverbEdit

weer

  1. again
    • 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
      In dreigend gillen ben 'k weêr opgestaan.
      Yelling threateningly I rose again.
    Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug
  2. back
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: were
  • Jersey Dutch: wêr
  • Negerhollands: weer

Etymology 2Edit

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

NounEdit

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

  1. weather
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weri
  • Negerhollands: weer
  • → Ambonese Malay: wer
  • → Aukan: wei

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.

NounEdit

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. defense
  2. resistance
  3. (law, feudalism) seisin
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

NounEdit

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. wether
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

From Middle Dutch wêer. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat and Latin verrūca.

NounEdit

weer n (uncountable)

  1. callus
  2. knot in wood
    Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast
  3. foxing (in textiles)

Etymology 6Edit

From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.

ConjunctionEdit

weer

  1. (obsolete) whether

Etymology 7Edit

From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.

NounEdit

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. (archaic) man
    • 1873, De Bo
      “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
      “Begone, you evil man!”
Related termsEdit

Etymology 8Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

weer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of weren
  2. imperative of weren

AnagramsEdit

Low GermanEdit

VerbEdit

weer

  1. first-person singular past of wesen

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).

VerbEdit

weer

  1. Alternative form of were

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English werre, wyrre.

NounEdit

weer

  1. Alternative form of werre

WolofEdit

NounEdit

weer (definite form weer wi)

  1. moon
  2. month

ReferencesEdit

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257

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