weer

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /wiː.ə/ (US) IPA(key): /wiː.ɚ/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. This word had always meant “true” ever since PIE times. It is cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar (“true”) and Latin verus (whence verity, verify and very), all likewise meaning “true”. ==== Adjective ==== weer (comparative weerer, superlative weerest) (obsolete) True; correct. === Etymology 2 === From wee (“to pee”) +‎ -er (agent suffix) ==== Noun ==== weer (plural weers) (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees; a urinator. === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== weer comparative form of wee: more wee === Anagrams === Ewer, ewer, ewre, rewe, we're, were, were- == Balantak == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. === Noun === weer water === 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] (Guelders, Holland) IPA(key): [ʋɪːɹ] === Etymology 1 === Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wí (“separation”). ==== Adverb ==== weer again, once more Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug back ===== Alternative forms ===== (archaic) weder ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Berbice Creole Dutch: were Jersey Dutch: wêr Negerhollands: weer === Etymology 2 === Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. ==== Noun ==== weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n) weather ===== Alternative forms ===== (archaic) weder ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Berbice Creole Dutch: weri Negerhollands: weer → Ambonese Malay: wer → Aukan: wei → Manado Malay: wer === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī. ==== Noun ==== weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n) defense resistance (law, feudalism) seisin ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). ==== Noun ==== weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n) wether ===== Alternative forms ===== (archaic) weder === Etymology 5 === From Middle Dutch wêer, wier, warre, from Old Dutch *warr, probably from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat, Old English wearr (whence English war), and Latin verrūca. ==== Alternative forms ==== wier, weure, weur, war warre (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== weer n (uncountable, no diminutive) callus knot in wood Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast foxing (in textiles) ===== Related terms ===== weeroog (dialectal) === Etymology 6 === From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz. ==== Conjunction ==== weer (obsolete) whether === Etymology 7 === From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz. ==== Noun ==== weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n) (archaic) man ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 8 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== weer inflection of weren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === were == Hunsrik == === Pronoun === weer (Wiesemann spelling) alternative spelling of wer == Low German == === Verb === weer first-person singular past of wesen == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== weer alternative form of were === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== weer alternative form of werre (“war”) == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === huar (Föhr-Amrum) hur (Sylt) === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). === Adverb === weer (Mooring) where == Saterland Frisian == === Adjective === weer real true == Wolof == === Pronunciation === === Noun === weer (definite form weer wi) moon month === References === Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257