beer

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English[edit]

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A glass of beer.

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”), from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”). Cognate with West Frisian bier (“beer”), German Low German Beer (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”), Swedish buska (“freshly brewed beer, new beer”), Middle Dutch & Middle Low German būsen (“to feast, booze, drink heavily”), Middle High German būs (“a swelling”). Non-Germanic cognates include probably Albanian mbush (“to fill, stuff”). More at booze.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

  1. (uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
    Beer is brewed all over the world.
    I love beer but I know it is bad for you.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
      “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
        Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”
  2. (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
  3. (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
  4. (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
    I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.
    Can I buy you a beer?
    I'd like two beers and a glass of white wine.
  5. (countable) A variety of the above beverages.
    Amstel is one of the most commonly sold beers in Europe.
    I haven't tried this beer before.
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Terms derived from beer (noun)

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English beere, equivalent to be +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

beer (plural beers)

  1. One who is or exists.
    • 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:
      That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch beer.

Noun[edit]

beer (plural bere, diminutive beertjie)

  1. bear

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare West Frisian bear, English bear, German Bär, Danish bjørn.

Noun[edit]

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae)
  2. (metaphor) person who is physically impressive and/or crude
    Wat een beer van een vent daar voorin, he?
    What a bear of a guy there in front, huh?
  3. (student slang) debt, credit
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-Germanic *baizaz. Cognate with English boar.

Noun[edit]

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. boar (male porcine)
  2. protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main
Dutch: a 'beer' or 'steunbeer'
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Etymology 3[edit]

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Noun[edit]

beer m (plural beren, diminutive beertje n)

  1. manure (excrement gathered in a pit to fertilize)
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References[edit]

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

beer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of beō

Limburgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to English beer.

Noun[edit]

beer n

  1. beer
  2. any alcoholic drink

Inflection[edit]

Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative beer bere beerke beerkes
Genitive beers bere beerkes beerkes
Locative baer baere baerke baerkes
Dative* baerem baerer baeremske baeremskes
Accusative* beer berer beerke beerkes
  • The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays, use the nominative instead.

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Vulgar Latin *badō (“I am open”).

Verb[edit]

beer

  1. (transitive) to open
  2. (intransitive) to open
  3. (chiefly) to pant; to breathe heavily
  4. (figuratively) to desire; to lust for

Conjugation[edit]

  • Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
   Conjugation of beer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive beer avoir beé, beez
gerund en beant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle beant
past participle beé, beez
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jeo, jou tu il nos, nous vos, vous ils
simple
tenses		 present bee bees bee beons beez, beés beent
imperfect beoe, beeie, beoie beoes, beeies, beoies beot, beeit, beoit beions, beiions beiez, beiiez beoent, beient, beoient
past historic bea beas bea beames beastes beerent
future beerai beeras beera beerons beerez, beereiz beeront
conditional beeroe, beereie, beeroie beeroes, beereied, beeroied beerot, beereie, beeroie beerions, beeriions beeriez, beeriiez beeroent, beereient, beeroient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jeo, jou que tu qu’il que nos, nous que vos, vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present bee bees bee beons beez beent
imperfect beasse beasses beast beissons beissez, beissiez beassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos, nous vos, vous –
— bee — beons beez —

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