wir

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Contents 1 German 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Pronoun 1.2.1 Inflection 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Descendants 3 Scots 3.1 Verb 3.1.1 Usage notes 3.1.2 See also

[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vɪɐ/, SAMPA: /vI6/

[edit] Pronoun

wir

1. (personal) we.

[edit] Inflection

• Nominative: wir
• Accusative: uns
• Dative: uns
• Genitive: unser

The genitive case unser is more and more rarely used in modern German.

• The genitive case unser does not express ownership, so it must not be mixed up with the similar-looking possessive pronoun unser, which is declined by gender, singular/plural and case.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic: cognate with Middle Low German wīre, and related to late Old Norse víravirki (“‘filigree work’”), Old High German wiara.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wi:r/

[edit] Noun

wīr m. (plural wīras)

1. wire

[edit] Descendants

• English wire

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Verb

wir

1. Simple past of tae be.

[edit] Usage notes

Use wir with plural pronouns otherwise use wis.

[edit] See also

• wis