ver

English

Noun

ver (plural vers)

1. Abbreviation of version.

Anagrams

• ERV, Rev, Rev., VRE, ev'r, rev, rev.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛr/, (northern dialect) /fær/

Etymology 1

From Dutch ver, from Middle Dutch verre.

Adjective

ver (attributive verre, comparative verder, superlative verste)

1. far, distant

Alternative forms

• fêr (obsolete)

Derived terms

• verte

Etymology 2

Preposition

ver

1. Archaic spelling of vir.

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe related to urë.

Noun

ver m (plural verra)

1. (architecture) arch

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• veru

Etymology

From Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) vērus. Compare Romanian văr.

Noun

ver m (plural veri, feminine equivalent vearã)

1. (male) cousin

   Synonyms: cusurin, cusurin-ver

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/,
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ver

Verb

ver

1. to see

Conjugation

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ver, from Latin vērus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

ver (feminine vera, masculine plural vers, feminine plural veres)

1. (archaic or Balearic, Alghero) true, real

   Synonym: veritable

Related terms

• veritat

Further reading

• “ver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• verre (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier verre, from Middle Dutch verre, Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-West Germanic *ferrō, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go over”). Originally solely an adverb, adjectival usages represent a secondary development visible in many Germanic languages.

The now-obsolete sense of "by far" was already present in the Middle Dutch word, and survived until as late as the nineteenth century.

The inflected adjective form verre was historically sometimes re-formed as verde (see there for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛr/

• audio (Holland)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ver
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Adverb

ver

1. far

   Antonyms: nabij, dichtbij

   Hij kwam ver, maar faalde alsnog. ― He came far, but failed nonetheless.

2. (obsolete) by far

   Synonym: verreweg

   Deze methode is ver de beste. ― This method is the best by far.

Usage notes

• Beyond the derivations listed below, the archaic form verre is also still regularly encountered in phrases such as verre van ("far from").

Adjective

ver (comparative verder, superlative verst)

1. far, distant

   Antonyms: dichtbij, nabij

   Hij reist naar verre oorden. ― He travels to distant places.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ver
• Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
• Javindo: fer
• Negerhollands: ver

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːɹ/

  Rhymes: -eːɹ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wazą. Related to Icelandic ver, Danish vår, Swedish var, all meaning the same, and Norwegian ver, vær, meaning the same, but also “bag, jar, place to store things”.

Noun

ver n

1. a cover made of cloth (e.g. a pillow case or duvet cover)

   Synonym: vor

Declension

Etymology 2

See vera.

Verb

ver

1. be singular imperative of vera

   kom og ver hjá mær

   come and be at my side

Conjugation

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ver, verm (“worm”), from Latin vermem (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

• Audio (France, Aquitaine)

  (file)

• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/

• Audio (Quebec, Montreal)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ver
• Homophones: vair, vairs, verre, verres, vers, vert, verts

Noun

ver m (plural vers)

1. worm

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese veer, from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō (“to see”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ver

Verb

ver (first-person singular present vexo, first-person singular preterite vin, past participle visto)
ver (first-person singular present vejo, first-person singular preterite vim or vi, past participle visto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to see

Conjugation

Related terms

See also

• mirar

Further reading

• “ver” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛr

Verb

ver

1. (transitive) to beat, bang, throb
2. (transitive) to mill
3. (transitive, of coins) to mint, strike
4. (intransitive) to pant, palpitate

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• ver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

  Homophone: Ver

Etymology 1

From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.

Noun

ver m (genitive singular vers, nominative plural verar)

1. (poetic, literary) a husband

   Synonyms: bóndi, eiginmaður, ektamaður, maður

2. (poetic, literary) a man (male)

   Synonyms: karl, karlmaður, maður

Declension

Etymology 2

A 19th century alteration of earlier vör, from Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.

Noun

ver m (genitive singular vers, nominative plural verir) or ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. a line in the water made by the movement of an oar or a boat

Declension

or

Synonyms

• (line in the water): (of an oar) árarfar, (of a boat) kjölrák, var, vör

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ver, of the same meaning. Origin uncertain, but probably related to vari (“liquid”) and to Old English wær (“sea”).

Noun

ver n (genitive singular vers, no plural)

1. (poetic) the sea, the ocean

Etymology 4

The same as Norwegian vær (“fishing harbor, fishing village”), other cognates including Old English wer (whence modern English weir), Old Saxon werr, Middle Low German were/wer, Middle High German wer (whence German Wehr). Probably from Proto-Germanic *warjaz, *warją (“dam, weir”), related to vör f (“landing space for a boat”) and to verja (“protect”). The root meaning would then be a guarded or fenced off place.

Noun

ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. fishing center
2. a place where a flock of birds makes its nests (and eggs may be gathered or birds caught)
3. a wet grassy spot in an otherwise inhospitable area; oasis

   (in this sense common as a suffix in place names:) Eyvindarver, Þjórsárver

4. (as a suffix) production facility

   ‎kvikmynd (“movie”) + ‎ver → ‎kvikmyndaver (“movie studio, movie production facility”)

   ‎ál (“aluminum”) + ‎ver → ‎álver (“aluminum production facility”)

5. a generic suffix for proper names of community centers, shopping centers, or names of businesses

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 5

From Proto-Germanic *wazą. Related to Faroese ver, Danish vår, Swedish var, all meaning the same, and Norwegian ver, vær, meaning the same, but also “bag, jar, place to store things”. Compare vasi (“pocket”).

Noun

ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. a cover made of cloth (e.g. a pillow case or duvet cover)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 6

See verr.

Adverb

ver

1. (nonstandard) comparative degree of illa

   standard form: verr

Etymology 7

See vera.

Verb

ver

1. singular imperative of vera (“to be”)

Etymology 8

See verja.

Verb

ver

1. first-person singular indicative of verja

   Ég ver hann. ― I defend him.

2. third-person singular indicative of verja

   Hann ver mig. ― He protects me.

3. singular imperative of verja

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• Árni Böðvarsson (editor). Íslensk orðabók, 2nd edition, 12th printing (2000). Reykjavík, Mál og Menning. →ISBN
• Orðapistill um ver

Interlingua

Adjective

ver

1. true

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wezor (stem *wezn-), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The original Italic form gave *veror, genitive *vēnis, with -s- lost before -n- with lengthening of the preceding vowel, as is usual in Latin. The -n- of the genitive stem was then replaced by the -r- of the nominative, and the genitive stem was then extended back to the nominative.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, “morning”) and वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring”), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), and Russian весна́ (vesná).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eːr/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver/,

Noun

vēr n (genitive vēris); third declension

1. spring (season)

   Coordinate terms: aestās, autumnus, hiems

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 46:

     Iam vēr ēgelidōs refert tepōrēs,
     iam caelī furor aequinoctiālis
     iūcundīs Zephyrī silēscit aurīs.
     Linquantur Phrygiī, Catulle, campī
     Nīcaeaeque ager ūber aestuōsae:
     ad clārās Asiae volēmus urbēs.
     Iam mēns praetrepidāns avet vagārī,
     iam laetī studiō pedēs vigēscunt.
     Ō dulcēs comitum valēte coetūs,
     longē quōs simul ā domō profectōs
     dīversae variae viae reportant.

     • Translation by Wikisource

       Now spring brings back the thawed-out warmth,
       now the raging of the equinoctial sky
       subsides with the sweet breezes of Zephyr.
       Let the Phrygian plains be left behind, Catullus,
       and the rich land of sweltering Nicaea:
       let us fly away to the famed cities of Asia.
       Now my fluttering soul yearns to wander;
       now my joyful feet come alive with eagerness.
       Farewell, dear bands of fellow travellers,
       whom, having left home at the same time,
       split paths carry home by different routes.

   • c. 4th century, Tiberianus, Pervigilium Veneris 2:

     Vēr novum, vēr iam canōrum, vēre nātus orbis est.

     The spring is new, the spring is now melodious, in the spring was the world created.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Old Catalan: ver
• Vulgar Latin: *vēra, *vērānum (see there for further descendants)

References

Further reading

• "ver", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ver”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 271

Latvian

Verb

ver

1. inflection of vērt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of vērt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of vērt

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ve'r

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veri.

Noun

ver

1. blood

Lombard

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vērus (“true”). Cognate to Italian vero.

Adjective

ver

1. true

Middle English

Noun

ver

1. Alternative form of veir

Mòcheno

Etymology

An unstressed pronunciation, from Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for, before”). Cognate with German für, English for.

Preposition

ver

1. for

References

• “ver” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

ver

1. imperative of vera (“to be”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse veðr n.

Noun

ver n (definite singular veret, indefinite plural ver, definite plural vera)

1. Alternative spelling of vêr

Etymology 3

From Old Norse veðr m.

Noun

ver m (definite singular veren, indefinite plural verar, definite plural verane)

1. Alternative spelling of vêr

References

• “ver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• erv, rev, vêr

Old Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Noun

ver m

1. spring (season)
   • 1296 CE, Ramon Llull, Tree of Science (I, 89):

     En lo primer temps de ver en qui's fa la renovació de fulles flors e fruyts...

     At the beginning of spring when the regrowth of leaves, flowers, and fruits takes place...

References

• “ver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *warją.

Noun

ver n (genitive vers)

1. station for taking eggs, fishing, catching seals, etc.
2. (poetic) sea

   Synonyms: haf, sjór

Declension

Derived terms

• fiskiver
• selver
• útver

Descendants

• Icelandic: ver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vær
• Norwegian Bokmål: vær

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ver n (genitive plural verja)

1. case, cover

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: ver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: var, vær
• Norwegian Bokmål: var, vær
• →⇒ Middle English: pilwer
  • → Irish: piliúr

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ver

1. second-person singular present imperative active of vera

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ver

1. inflection of verja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular present imperative active

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ver

1. accusative singular indefinite of verr

References

• "ver", in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German vor, Dutch voor, English fore.

Preposition

ver

1. before

Usage notes

Also used in order to express a phrase where English would use ago, such as "ver drei Yaahre", which means "three years ago."

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vērus (“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).

Adjective

ver

1. true

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veer, from Latin vidēre (“to see”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“I see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(ɹ)/
• Homophone: vê (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ver

Verb

ver (first-person singular present vejo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

2. (transitive) to see; to observe (to perceive with one’s eyes)

   Vejo duas pessoas.

   I see two people.

4. (intransitive) to see (to be able to see; not to be blind or blinded)

   Abriram uma escola para os que não veem.

   They've opened a school for those who cannot see.

6. (figurative, transitive) to see; to understand

   Vê o que eu quero dizer?

   Do you see what I mean?

8. (intransitive with que and a subclause) to see; to notice; to realise (to come to a conclusion)

   Eu vi que todas essas pessoas querem que eu vá embora.

   I saw that all these people want me to go away.

10. (intransitive with a subclause) to check (to verify some fact or condition)

    Veja se o jantar já está pronto.

    Check whether dinner is ready.

    Fomos ver quando é que os meteorologistas previam que ia chover.

    We went to check when the meteorologists predicted it was going to rain.

12. (intransitive, or transitive with com) to check with (to consult [someone] for information)

    Veja com a secretária se já enviaram o document.

    Check with the secretary whether the document has been sent.

14. (transitive) to watch (to be part of the audience of a visual performance or broadcast)

    Fiquei a tarde inteira vendo TV.

    I spent the whole afternoon watching TV.

16. (transitive) to see; to visit

    Ela veio me ver no hospital.

    She came to see me at the hospital.

18. (intransitive) to pay (to face negative consequences)

    Não acredito que mataram meu pai. Eles vão ver.

    I can’t believe they killed my father. They’ll pay.

20. (takes a reflexive pronoun, copulative or auxiliary with a verb in the gerund or past participle) to find oneself (to be in a given situation, especially unexpectedly)

    Após meses gastando sem parar, João se viu enterrado em dívidas.

    After months spending non-stop, John found himself buried in debt.

22. (Brazil, informal, ditransitive, with the indirect object taking para or an indirect objective pronoun) to get used when ordering something from a waiter or attendant

    Por favor, me vê 500g de queijo.

    I would like 500 g of cheese, please.

    (literally, “Please, see me 500 g of cheese.”)

    Mandei o recepcionista ver um táxi para o meu pai.

    I told the receptionist to get a cab for my dad.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ver.

Synonyms

• (to be able to see): enxergar
• (to observe something): contemplar, enxergar, mirar, observar, olhar
• (to notice): perceber, notar
• (to witness): observar, testemunhar, presenciar
• (to understand): compreender, entender, sacar (slang)
• (to visit): visitar
• (to find oneself): encontrar-se

Derived terms

Related terms

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin verres.

Noun

ver m (plural vers)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Alternative forms

• verr (Sursilvan)
• vier (Sutsilvan)

Etymology 2

Verb

ver

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vaser

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Cognate with English view, wit, wise. Compare the borrowed doublet vídeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ver

Verb

ver (first-person singular present veo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

1. (transitive, literally) to see, to spot

   Vine, vi, vencí.

   I came, I saw, I conquered.

   Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero.

   Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money.

2. (transitive) to see, to look at, to view (perceive)

   Hmm. Ya veo...

   Hmm. I see...

   Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo.

   Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at the world.

3. (transitive) to see, to tell, to observe

   Puedo ver que no eres como el resto.

   I can tell you aren't like the rest of them.

4. (transitive) to see, to check (verify)

   Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa.

   Let me check if the coast is clear.

5. (transitive) to watch

   ver la televisión

   to watch television

6. (reflexive) to look, to seem

   Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi.

   You look so different since the last time I saw you.

7. (reflexive) to see oneself, to picture oneself

   Me veo así como un consejero, nada más.

   I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more.

8. (reflexive) to find oneself, to be

   Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil.

   We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question.

9. (reciprocal) to see one another

   Nos vemos!

   See you!

   (literally, “We'll see each other!)”)

Conjugation

This is one of three verbs to have an irregular indicative imperfect, alongside ser and ir. Ver's imperfect is a remnant of the Old Spanish veer (only the stem ve- is irregular, otherwise the endings are still regular). In some old texts and in rural speech the archaic preterite forms vide and vido can be found instead of the current vi and vio forms.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also