wetter

See also: Wetter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Germanic *wētaz

Proto-West Germanic *wāt

Old English wǣt

Middle English wet

English wet

English -er

English wetter

From wet + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛtɚ/, [ˈwɛɾɚ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: wet‧ter

Adjective

wetter

1. comparative form of wet: more wet.

Noun

wetter (plural wetters)

1. Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
2. A wetting agent or surfactant.
3. A bedwetter.
4. (MLE, slang) A knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
   • 2019 September 11, Yanko, “Next Up”, in #ACGK‎^[1], 1:49:

     Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding
     He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?

Derived terms

• bedwetter
• heavy wetter

Alemannic German

Noun

wetter n

1. (Issime) alternative form of Wätter (“weather”)

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

wetter

1. inflection of wett:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

West Frisian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Old Frisian weter

West Frisian wetter

From Old Frisian weter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian wååder, Sylt North Frisian Weeter, Saterland Frisian Woater and Föhr-Amrum North Frisian weeder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtər/

Noun

wetter n (plural wetters, diminutive wetterke)

1. water

Derived terms

• wetterich
• drinkwetter
• wetterstof

Further reading

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