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Weer

Weer

See also: weer and weer-

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Weer m

  1. Alternative form of Weeder

weer

weer

See also: Weer and weer-

English

Adjective

weer

  1. comparative form of wee: more wee

Anagrams


Dutch

Alternative forms

  • weêr (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Contracted form of weder (again).

Adverb

weer

  1. again
    • 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
      In dreigend gillen ben 'k weêr opgestaan.
      Yelling threateningly I rose again.
  2. 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.

Cognate with Low German Weder, German Wetter, West Frisian waar, English weather, Danish vejr.

Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

  1. weather
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).

Alternative forms

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. wether

Etymology 4

Noun

weer n (uncountable)

  1. foxing (in textiles)
  2. callus

Etymology 5

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. a knot in wood
Synonyms

Etymology 6

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

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

Etymology 7

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. (law, feudalism) seisin

Etymology 8

From Proto-Germanic *weraz. Cognate with English were (man), Latin vir.

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. (archaic) man
    • 1873, De Bo
      “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
      “Begone, you evil man!”
Related terms

Verb

weer

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

Anagrams


Low German

Verb

weer

  1. First-person singular past of wesen