wieren

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːrən

Noun

wieren

1. plural of wier

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviəʀən/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German weren, from Old High German werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Cognate with German wehren, Dutch weren, English wear, Icelandic verja.

Verb

wieren (third-person singular present wiert, past participle gewiert, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to intervene, to oppose
2. (reflexive) to defend oneself, to fight back

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	wieren
participle	gewiert
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	wieren	—
2nd singular	wiers	wier
3rd singular	wiert	—
1st plural	wieren	—
2nd plural	wiert	wiert
3rd plural	wieren	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Related terms

• Wier

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sinn (“to be”).

Alternative forms

• wären

Verb

wieren

1. first-person plural simple conditional of sinn
2. third-person plural simple conditional of sinn