Bier
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).
Cognate with German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bier n (plural Bier)
Central Franconian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
Bier n or m (plural Bier)
- (many dialects) beer (drink)
Usage notes edit
- Masculine in southern Moselle Franconian, otherwise neuter.
Alternative forms edit
- Beer (western Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German bēr, from Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
Noun edit
Bier m (plural Biere)
- (most dialects) a male uncastrated pig; a boar
- Buur, Bär un Bier sinn drei kodde Dier.
- Farmer, bear and boar are three evil animals. (Old Colognian proverb expressing city-dwellers’ snobbery)
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German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).
Akin to Dutch bier, Low German Beer, bêr, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bier n (strong, genitive Bieres or Biers, plural Biere or Bier, diminutive Bierchen n)
- (beverage) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
- (figurative, informal) business, beeswax (personal affairs)
- Das ist nicht mein Bier! ― That's none of my business!
Usage notes edit
- As is common with beverages in German, the unchanged plural Bier can be used after numerals in the sense of “quantities of beer” (glasses, bottles, cans). One may order:
- Zwei Bier, bitte!
- Two beers, please!
- The marked plural Biere is used to mean different kinds of beer.
- Pils und Kölsch sind beliebte deutsche Biere.
- Pils and Kölsch are popular German beers.
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Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Central Franconian bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bier n (nominative plural Biere)
Declension edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Bier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.
Noun edit
Bier m (plural Bieren)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.
Noun edit
Bier f (plural Bieren)
Alternative forms edit
- Bir (superseded in 2019)
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.
Noun edit
Bier n (plural Bier)
Usage notes edit
- "Bier" can also mean "nut" or "bonce" (as in head) when used in Luxembourgish slang: i.e.: "wann's de dech net gëss, kriss de eng op d'Bier!" meaning "if you don't behave, you'll be hit in the head!"
Derived terms edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ.
Compare German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer.
Noun edit
Bier n (plural Biere)
Derived terms edit
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- gsw:Alcoholic beverages
- gsw:Zymurgy
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
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- de:Alcoholic beverages
- de:Beer
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms derived from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
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- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- hrx:Alcoholic beverages
- hrx:Beer
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/iːə
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- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- lb:Mammals
- lb:Fruits
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
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