diere

Afrikaans

Noun

diere

1. plural of dier

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

diere

1. valuable
2. expensive
3. dear, precious
4. excellent

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• dure

Descendants

• Dutch: dier, duur
• Limburgish: deer, duur
• West Flemish: diere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

diere

1. inflection of dijn:
   1. feminine genitive/dative singular
   2. genitive plural

Determiner

diere

1. inflection of die:
   1. feminine genitive/dative singular
   2. genitive plural

Noun

diere

1. inflection of dier:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Further reading

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

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Old English

Alternative forms

• dȳre, dēore, dīore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi͜yː.re/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian diūre, Old Saxon diuri, Old Dutch diuri, Old High German tiuri, Old Norse dýrr.

Adjective

dīere

1. expensive

   Sweord sind swīðe dīeru wǣpnu and torbeġīetu.

   Swords are very expensive weapons, and hard to get.

2. dear, precious

Declension

Declension of dīere — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dīere	dīeru, dīero	dīere
Accusative	dīerne	dīere	dīere
Genitive	dīeres	dīerre	dīeres
Dative	dīerum	dīerre	dīerum
Instrumental	dīere	dīerre	dīere
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dīere	dīera, dīere	dīeru, dīero
Accusative	dīere	dīera, dīere	dīeru, dīero
Genitive	dīerra	dīerra	dīerra
Dative	dīerum	dīerum	dīerum
Instrumental	dīerum	dīerum	dīerum

Declension of dīere — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dīera	dīere	dīere
Accusative	dīeran	dīeran	dīere
Genitive	dīeran	dīeran	dīeran
Dative	dīeran	dīeran	dīeran
Instrumental	dīeran	dīeran	dīeran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dīeran	dīeran	dīeran
Accusative	dīeran	dīeran	dīeran
Genitive	dīerra, dīerena	dīerra, dīerena	dīerra, dīerena
Dative	dīerum	dīerum	dīerum
Instrumental	dīerum	dīerum	dīerum

Adverb

dīere

1. expensively, for a lot of money
2. dearly

Antonyms

• undīere (“cheap”)

Descendants

• Middle English: dere
  • Scots: dere, deir
  • English: dear

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Slovak

Noun

diere

1. dative/locative singular of diera

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Spanish

Verb

diere

1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of dar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of dar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) future subjunctive form of dar.

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch diere, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

diere (comparative dierder, superlative dierste)

1. expensive