weer
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
weer
- comparative form of wee: more wee
Anagrams
Balantak
Noun
weer
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]
audio (file) - (Gelders) IPA(key): [ʋɪːɹ]
Etymology 1
Contracted form of weder (“again”).
Adverb
weer
- again
- 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
- In dreigend gillen ben 'k weêr opgestaan.
- Yelling threateningly I rose again.
- 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
- back
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.
Noun
weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
weer n (uncountable)
Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Etymology 6
Noun
weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Derived terms
Etymology 7
Noun
weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Etymology 8
From Proto-Germanic *weraz. Cognate with English were (“man”), Latin vir.
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Related terms
Etymology 9
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
weer
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of weren
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of weren
Anagrams
Low German
Verb
weer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).
Verb
weer
- Alternative form of were
Etymology 2
From Old English werre, wyrre.
Noun
weer
- Alternative form of werre
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