wier
See also: Wier
English edit
Noun edit
wier (plural wiers)
- Archaic form of weir.
- 1819, James Dugdale, The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales:
- The wier of this fishery is very large, and consists of a dam, ten or twelve feet high […]
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-West Germanic *wair, related to *wīraz, or was borrowed from West Frisian.
Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English wār (“seaweed”).
Noun edit
wier n (plural wieren, diminutive wiertje n)
Usage notes edit
Before the 18th century, the word was sometimes considered to be feminine.
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: wier
Etymology 2 edit
Equivalent to wie + -er (genitive feminine ending).
Pronoun edit
wier
Usage notes edit
- See wiens#Usage notes.
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Luxembourgish edit
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Verb edit
wier
- first-person singular simple conditional of sinn
- third-person singular simple conditional of sinn
Saterland Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian hwēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār. Cognates include West Frisian wêr and German wo.
Adverb edit
wier
- where?
- Wier is dien Húus? ― Where is your house?
- where
- Iek weet wier dien Húus is. ― I know where your house is.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Frisian wether, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą. Cognates include Dutch weer and German wieder.
Adverb edit
wier
- again
- Hääst du dät wier däin? ― Have you done it again?
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian wēr, from Proto-West Germanic *wār.
Adjective edit
wier
Inflection edit
Inflection of wier | ||||
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uninflected | wier | |||
inflected | wiere | |||
comparative | wierder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | wier | wierder | it wierst it wierste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | wiere | wierdere | wierste |
n. sing. | wier | wierder | wierste | |
plural | wiere | wierdere | wierste | |
definite | wiere | wierdere | wierste | |
partitive | wiers | wierders | — |
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Further reading edit
- “wier (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011