quer

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See also: quer-

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German twerh (“oblique”), from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn, twist, wind”). Compare English queer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kveːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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Adjective

quer (not comparable)

  1. (rare) crosswise, cross

Declension

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Adverb

quer

  1. crosswise, across

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “quer” in Duden online

Middle French

Noun

quer m (plural quers)

  1. Alternative form of cuer

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin quare.

Conjunction

quer

  1. as, since, because, for
    ...quer le sens de li e la vertu creissoit chescun jour de mieux en mieux.
    Because his discernment and his virtue grew better from day to day.

Descendants

  • French: car

Etymology 2

Noun

quer oblique singular, m (oblique plural quers, nominative singular quers, nominative plural quer)

  1. (typically Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cuer
    • circa 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
      m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
      Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Paulista" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ɾ)], [ˈkɛ(ɹ)]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ɾ)], [ˈkɛ(ɻ)]

Verb

quer

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Synonyms

  • (second-person singular affirmative imperative of querer): quere

Conjunction

quer … quer or quer … ou

  1. whether … or
    Iremos, quer chova ou não. / Iremos, quer chova, quer não.
    We shall go, whether it rains or not.
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