German

Noun

Vier f ‎(genitive Vier, plural Vieren)

1. four (digit or figure 4)

English

Noun

vier ‎(plural viers)

1. One who vies for something.
   • 1991, Diane Lynch Fraser, Playdancing (page 90)

     Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vier, from Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

vier

1. (cardinal) four

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiər/

Numeral

vier

1. (cardinal) four

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German fior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiə̯/

Numeral

vier

1. (most dialects) four

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /viːr/

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /viər/, /viːr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

vier

1. (cardinal) four

Related terms

• veertien f
• veertig f
• vierde
• viertal n

Verb

vier

1. first-person singular present indicative of vieren
2. imperative of vieren

German

Etymology

From Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Compare Dutch vier, English four, Danish fire, Swedish fyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Numeral

vier

1. (cardinal) four

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

(inflected forms include: viere [e.g. die Turmuhr schlug viere], vierer [e.g. "nach Verlauf vierer Jahre"]), vieren)

Related terms

• vierte
• vierzehn
• vierzig

Coordinate terms

Latin

Verb

vier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of viō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viər/

Numeral

vier

1. four

Descendants

• Dutch: vier

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vier

1. present tense of vie

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvjɛɾ/

Verb

vier

1. First-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of vir
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) future subjunctive of vir

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin verrēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vjer/

Noun

vier m ‎(plural vieri)

1. (male) wild boar

Declension

See also

• mistreț

Etymology 2

From vie ‎(“vineyard”), or from Latin vīneārius.

Alternative forms

• viiariu (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viˈer/

Noun

vier m ‎(plural vieri)

1. vintager
2. (rare) vine grower

Declension

West Flemish

Etymology

From West Germanic *fuïr-, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ur. Compare West Frisian fjoer, German Feuer, English fire, Danish fyr.

Verb

vier

1. fire