stier

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word stier. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word stier, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say stier in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word stier you have here. The definition of the word stier will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofstier, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Stier

Danish

Noun

stier c

  1. indefinite plural of sti

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stier, from Old Dutch stier, from Proto-Germanic *steuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros. Doublet of tauros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stiːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

stier m (plural stieren, diminutive stiertje n, feminine koe)

  1. a bull; a male of certain mammals, in particular bovines
    Synonym: bul

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: stier

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Since the 15th century, probably from Middle Low German stūr(e) with influence from German Stier.[1] Doublet of stur.

Adjective

stier (strong nominative masculine singular stierer, not comparable)

  1. (literary) rigid, unyielding, starched, stiffened
    • 1767, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, 4. Akt, 6. Szene:
      Oh, über die wilden, unbiegsamen Männer, die nur immer ihr stieres Auge auf das Gespenst der Ehre heften!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1965 [1835], Théophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin; translated by Alastair and first published by Henry Goverts Verlag, Stuttgart 1965, then by Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., München 1987, page 7:
      Sous ce linceul d'ennui nonchalant et affaissé dont je t'ai parlé tout à l'heure remue parfois une pensée plutôt engourdie que morte, et je n'ai pas toujours le calme doux et triste que donne la mélancolie.
      Unter dem Leichentuch gleichmütiger und stierer Langeweile, von der ich vorhin sprach, regt sich bisweilen eher gelähmtes als erstorbenes Denken, und nicht immer eignet mir sanfttrübe Ruhe, die Melancholie verleiht.

      Beneath this winding sheet of indifferent and depressing languor of which I have just told you, there sometimes stirs a thought, torpid rather than dead, and I do not always possess the sweet, sad calm that melancholy gives.

Declension

Etymology 2

Of an uncertain dialectal provenience related to starr and stur.

Adjective

stier (strong nominative masculine singular stierer, not comparable)

  1. (Switzerland, Austria, informal) broke; penniless (having no money)
    Synonyms: pleite, blank
  2. (Switzerland, Austria, informal) dull; stagnant; lackadaisical
    Synonyms: flau, unregsam, unbetriebsam, träge
    • 2012 August 22, “«Ich will nicht stier wirken beim Sex!»”, in 20min:
      Aber beim Sex traue ich mich dann doch nicht, meine Ideen umzusetzen – weil ich denke, dass ich langweilig rüberkomme. Ich will aber nicht stier wirken beim Sex.
      But during sex I dare not to realize my ideas – for it appears to me then that I come across longsome. But I do not want to come across as a duffer.
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stier

  1. singular imperative of stieren
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of stieren

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “stier”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

stier

  1. Alternative form of steȝere

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stier m

  1. indefinite plural of sti

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

Noun

stier m

  1. A bull.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • stier”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

stīer

  1. singular imperative of stīeran