Feier

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Bavarian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German viur, viwer, viuwer, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɶːɐ/, /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

Feier n (plural Feier, diminutive Feierl)

  1. fire (chemical process)
  2. fire (instance of something burning)
  3. (firearms) fire; the act of firing
  4. a means for lighting a fire, i.e. a lighter or matches

Etymology 2

From Middle High German vire, from Old High German fīra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

Feier f (plural Feiern, diminutive Feierl)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Fauer (variant in Moselle Franconian)
  • Füür (Ripuarian)

Etymology

See Füür.

Pronunciation

Noun

Feier n

  1. (most of Moselle Franconian) fire

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Feuer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯ɔ/ (Erzgebirgisch)

Noun

Feier

  1. (Erzgebirgisch, Silesian) fire

Related terms

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vire, from Old High German fīra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa̯ɪɐ/
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Noun

Feier f (genitive Feier, plural Feiern)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Declension

Declension of Feier
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Feier die Feiern
genitive einer der Feier der Feiern
dative einer der Feier den Feiern
accusative eine die Feier die Feiern

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Feier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Feier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Feier” in Duden online
  • Feier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • fayer (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Central Franconian Feier, from Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Cognate with German Feuer and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

Feier n (nominative plural Feire)

  1. fire
    Das Feier gehd net aan.
    The fire won't light.
Declension
Declension of Feier
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative das Feier die Feire
dative dem Feier den/de Feire
Derived terms
nouns

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German vīre, from Old High German fīra, borrowed from Latin fēriae.

Cognate with German Feier and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

Feier f (nominative plural Feire)

  1. celebration
  2. party
    Synonym: Fest
Declension
Declension of Feier
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Feier die Feire
dative där/de Feier den/de Feire
Derived terms
nouns

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Feier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 47

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old High German fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr. Cognate with German Feuer, Dutch vuur, West Frisian fjoer, English fire.

Noun

Feier n (plural Feieren)

  1. fire
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old High German fīra, ultimately from Latin fēriae. Compare German Feier.

Noun

Feier f (plural Feieren)

  1. celebration
Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Feuer, English fire.

Noun

Feier n (plural Feire)

  1. fire
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