awer

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German avur, from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epér, from *h₂epó (“away, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vəɾ/, /ˈawɐ/

Conjunction

awer

1. but; though

   Ich kann, awer ich will net. ― I can, but I don't want to.

   • 2008 January 2, Noemia Assmann, “Erinerung An Friirixe Xuul Tsayte [Memory of old school times]”, in Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul (overall work in Portuguese), Cuiabá: SIL Brasil, page 36:

     Yaa, liiwe layt! Friiyer waar tas anerxter. Ti khiner hare meer rexpëkt. Ti ëltere un xuul leerer hon iwer tript mit ti ruut. Hayt tsu taach feelt se awer oft...

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References

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “awer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 17, column 1

Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) awa (owa), awersch (awarsch)
• (in some dialects, including Low Prussian, by confusion) adder, adda
• (in some dialects) aver, avers (awers)
• (in a few dialects) aber, aba

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German aber. This and the Low German cognate of German oder are conflated in some dialects, resulting in both words being used with both meanings. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Conjunction

awer (Low Prussian)

1. but

   awer öck dachte...

   but I thought...

2. or

   fîf awer sess?

   five or six?

See also

• man
• (in some dialects) bloots
• Plautdietsch: oba

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• ower

Etymology

From Middle High German aver, from Old High German avur, afar. The expected form is *uewer; the a- is probably due to a levelling influence by cognate German aber, since the native forms show many variants (ower, iewer, iewel, ewel, partly through conflation with Middle High German *evenwal; compare Dutch evenwel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːveʀ/, [ˈaːvɐ]

Conjunction

awer

1. but, however

   Ech drénke gär Téi, awer ech haasse Kaffi. ― I like to drink tea, but I hate coffee.

Synonyms

• mä

Adverb

awer

1. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect

   Dat ass awer deier. ― That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.

   Du bass awer grouss ginn! ― Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)

2. nonetheless, nevertheless

Particle

awer

1. used to express astonishment, a reproach; but

   Dat dauert awer laang!

   But that takes a long time!

Pennsylvania German

Conjunction

awer

1. alternative form of awwer