See also: Weer, weer-, wéër, and Wéër

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wiː.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wiː.ɚ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

wee +‎ -er

Noun edit

weer (plural weers)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees, someone who urinates.

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

weer

  1. comparative form of wee: more wee

Anagrams edit

Balantak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun edit

weer

  1. water

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • 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]
  • (file)
  • (Guelders, Hollandic) IPA(key): [ʋɪːɹ]

Etymology 1 edit

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).

Adverb edit

weer

  1. again, once more
    Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug
    Ze probeert weer te stoppen met roken.
    She's trying to quit smoking again.
    Ik moet weer opnieuw beginnen met mijn dieet.
    I have to start my diet again.
  2. back
    Hij draaide zich om en liep weer terug naar huis.
    He turned around and walked back home.
    Ik moet mijn boek weer naar de bibliotheek brengen.
    I have to take my book back to the library.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: were
  • Jersey Dutch: wêr
  • Negerhollands: weer

Etymology 2 edit

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.

Noun edit

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

  1. weather
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weri
  • Negerhollands: weer
  • Ambonese Malay: wer
  • Aukan: wei

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

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

Etymology 4 edit

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).

Noun edit

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. wether
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 5 edit

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.

Noun edit

weer n (uncountable)

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

Etymology 6 edit

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

Conjunction edit

weer

  1. (obsolete) whether

Etymology 7 edit

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

Noun edit

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. (archaic) man
    • 1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
      “Begone, you evil man!”
Related terms edit

Etymology 8 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

weer

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

Anagrams edit

Low German edit

Verb edit

weer

  1. first-person singular past of wesen

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Verb edit

weer

  1. Alternative form of were

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English werre, wyrre.

Noun edit

weer

  1. Alternative form of werre

Wolof edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

weer (definite form weer wi)

  1. moon
  2. month

References edit

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