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East Central German
Etymology
Compare German eiern.
Verb
eiern
- (Erzgebirgisch) to sway; to teeter; to stagger (to start to fall or move as though one might fall)
- (Erzgebirgisch) to be insecure
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 37:
German
Etymology
Ei (egg) + -ern
Pronunciation
Verb
eiern (weak, third-person singular present eiert, past tense eierte, past participle geeiert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (colloquial) to wobble (of a wheel)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “eiern” in Duden online
- “eiern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache