weer

See also: Weer, weer-, wéër, and Wéër

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wiː.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wiː.ɚ/

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Etymology 1

From Old English wær

Adjective

weer (comparative more weer, superlative most weer)

1. (obsolete) true, correct

Etymology 2

wee +‎ -er

Noun

weer (plural weers)

1. (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees, someone who urinates.

Etymology 3

Adjective

weer

1. comparative form of wee: more wee
   • 1924, Louis Joseph Walsh, “Yellow Man”, in Twilight Reveries‎^[1], M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., pages 44–45:

     “Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”

Anagrams

• Ewer, ewer, ewre, rewe, we're, were, were-

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

weer

1. water

Further reading

• Robert L. Busenitz, Marilyn J. Busenitz, Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics (NUSA 33, 1991)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr
• (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA^(key): [weːr], [β̞eːr]
• (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA^(key): [ʋɪːr]

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• (Guelders, Holland) IPA^(key): [ʋɪːɹ]

Etymology 1

Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wí (“separation”).

Adverb

weer

1. again, once more

   Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug

   Ze probeert weer te stoppen met roken.

   She's trying to quit smoking again.

   Ik moet weer opnieuw beginnen met mijn dieet.

   I have to start my diet again.

2. back

   Hij draaide zich om en liep weer terug naar huis.

   He turned around and walked back home.

   Ik moet mijn boek weer naar de bibliotheek brengen.

   I have to take my book back to the library.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) weder

Derived terms

• al weer
• alweer
• heen en weer
• over en weer
• wederantwoord
• wederdienst
• wederdoper
• wedergeboorte
• wederhelft
• wederom
• wederopbouw
• weer-
• weeral
• weergeven

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: were
• Jersey Dutch: wêr
• Negerhollands: weer

Etymology 2

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

1. weather

Alternative forms

• (archaic) weder

Derived terms

• herfstweer
• hondenweer
• ijs en weder dienende
• lenteweer
• onweer
• plensweer
• prachtweer
• verwederen
• verweren
• vriesweer
• weer om geen hond door te sturen
• weeralarm
• weerbericht
• weerkaart
• weerkunde
• weerlezer
• weerlezeres
• weerman
• weerpluim
• weerssituatie
• weersverwachting
• weersvoorspelling
• weersvooruitzicht
• weervrouw
• winterweer
• zomerweer

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: weri
• Negerhollands: weer
• → Ambonese Malay: wer
• → Aukan: wei
• → Manado Malay: wer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. defense
2. resistance
3. (law, feudalism) seisin

Derived terms

• afweer
• brandweer
• in de weer zijn
• landweer
• verweer
• weerloos
• weerstand

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. wether

Alternative forms

• (archaic) weder

Etymology 5

From Middle Dutch wêer, wier, warre, from Old Dutch *warr, probably from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat, Old English wearr (whence English war), and Latin verrūca.

Alternative forms

• wier, weure, weur, war
• warre (dialectal)

Noun

weer n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. callus
2. knot in wood

   Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast

3. foxing (in textiles)

Related terms

• weeroog (dialectal)

Etymology 6

From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.

Conjunction

weer

1. (obsolete) whether

Etymology 7

From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (archaic) man
   • 1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”

     “Begone, you evil man!”

Related terms

• weerbeer
• weergeld
• weerwolf
• wereld

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

weer

1. inflection of weren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• were

Hunsrik

Pronoun

weer (Wiesemann spelling)

1. alternative spelling of wer

Low German

Verb

weer

1. first-person singular past of wesen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

weer

1. alternative form of were

Etymology 2

Noun

weer

1. alternative form of werre (“war”)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• huar (Föhr-Amrum)
• hur (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”).

Adverb

weer

1. (Mooring) where

Saterland Frisian

Adjective

weer

1. real
2. true

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Noun

weer (definite form weer wi)

1. moon
2. month

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257