wier

See also: Wier

English

Noun

wier (plural wiers)

1. Archaic form of weir.
   • 1819, James Dugdale, The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales:

     The wier of this fishery is very large, and consists of a dam, ten or twelve feet high […]

Anagrams

• Weir, Wire, weir, wire

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ir

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic, or was borrowed from Frisian. Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English war (“seaweed”).

Noun

wier n (plural wieren, diminutive wiertje n)

1. seaweed

Usage notes

Before the 18th century, the word was sometimes considered to be feminine.

Synonyms

• (seaweed): alg, alge, zeegras

Derived terms

• groenwieren, zeewier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wier

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

wier

1. (interrogative, archaic) whose (feminine, plural)
2. (relative, dated) whose (feminine, plural)

Related terms

• wie, wiens

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Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• wär

Verb

wier

1. first-person singular simple conditional of sinn
2. third-person singular simple conditional of sinn

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Saterland Frisian

Adverb

wier

1. again

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West Frisian

Adjective

wier

1. real
2. true

Inflection

Inflection of wier
uninflected	wier
inflected	wiere
comparative	wierder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		wier	wierder	it wierst it wierste
indefinite	c. sing.	wiere	wierdere	wierste
	n. sing.	wier	wierder	wierste
	plural	wiere	wierdere	wierste
definite		wiere	wierdere	wierste
partitive		wiers	wierders	—

Derived terms

• wierheid

Further reading

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