bier

See also: Bier

English

WOTD – 28 January 2010

a funeral bier (sense 1)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪə/
• IPA^(key): /biɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophone: beer

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

bier (plural biers)

1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act IV, scene 5:

     They bore him bare-faced on the bier.

2. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Translations

litter to transport the corpse of a dead person

• Arabic: جَنَازَة f (janāza)
• Czech: máry (cs) f pl
• Dutch: baar (nl) f, lijkbaar (nl) f
• Finnish: ruumispaarit pl
• French: civière (fr)
• Galician: escano (gl) m, cadaleito m
• German: Bahre (de) f
• Interlingue:
• Italian: barella (it), catafalco m
• Malay: pedati jenazah
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• Maori: puhirere (for an important person), atamira
• Polish: mary (pl)
• Russian: похоронные носи́лки (ru) (nosílki)
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan m
• Spanish: camilla (es), parihuelas (es), angarillas (es) f pl
• Swahili: jeneza (sw)
• Swedish: bår (sv) c
• Tagalog: patungan ng kabaong

platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed

• Finnish: katafalkki (fi)
• French: catafalque (fr), lit mortuaire
• Hungarian: ravatal (hu)
• Italian: catafalco
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• Polish: katafalk (pl)
• Spanish: catafalco (es)
• Welsh: elor f

Further reading

• bier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Brie, brie

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bir/, [biːr]

Noun

bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie)

1. beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
2. (countable) a serving of beer

Derived terms

• bierbottel
• bierglas

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Danish

Noun

bier c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of bi

Verb

bier

1. (deprecated template usage) present of bie

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bir/, [biːr]

• bier

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive biertje n)

1. (uncountable) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)

   Het is hier nu vooral feest en bier drinken.

   Here it's mostly partying and drinking beer.

2. (countable) a serving of beer
3. (countable) a variety of beer

Synonyms

• gerstenat

Derived terms

• bieraccijns
• bierbank
• bierboom
• bierbrouwer
• bierbrouwerij
• bierbrouwster
• bierbuik
• bierdrager
• bierdrinker
• bierfiets
• bierfles
• biergeld
• bierglas
• bierhuis
• bierkan
• bierkelder
• bierkroeg
• bierpens
• bierpomp
• bierpul
• biersmaak
• biertap
• bierton
• biervat
• biervilt
• bierwagen
• bierworst
• bokbier
• fruitbier
• gemberbier
• tapbier
• trappistenbier
• witbier

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bier
• → Indonesian: bir
• → Japanese: ビール
  • → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
  • → Hokkien: 米魯／米鲁 (bì-lù / bì-luh / bih-luh)
  • → Korean: 비르 (bireu)
  • → Jeju: 비르 (bireu)
• → Javanese: bir
• → Sranan Tongo: biri
  • Aukan: bii
  • Saramaccan: bíi
  • → Kari'na: biri

Anagrams

• brei

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German

Verb

bier

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of bieren.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of bieren.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

bier n

1. beer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants)
  • Afrikaans: bier
• Limburgish: beer
• → Old French: biere (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “bier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bier”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bier m or f

1. indefinite plural of bie

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bier f

1. indefinite plural of bie

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

bier f (plural biern)

1. berry

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian biār, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biə̯r/

Noun

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive bierke)

1. beer

Further reading

• “bier (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011