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English
Noun
wier (plural wiers)
- Archaic form of weir.
1819, James Dugdale, The New British Traveller: Or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales:The wier of this fishery is very large, and consists of a dam, ten or twelve feet high […]
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-West Germanic *wair, related to *wīraz, or was borrowed from West Frisian.
Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English wār (“seaweed”).
Noun
wier n (plural wieren, diminutive wiertje n)
- seaweed
Usage notes
Before the 18th century, the word was sometimes considered to be feminine.
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Etymology 2
Equivalent to wie + -er (genitive feminine ending).
Pronoun
wier
- (interrogative, archaic) whose (feminine, plural)
- (relative, dated) whose (feminine, plural)
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Luxembourgish
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Verb
wier
- first-person singular simple conditional of sinn
- third-person singular simple conditional of sinn
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vir/
- Hyphenation: wier
- Rhymes: -ir
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian hwēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār. Cognates include West Frisian wêr and German wo.
Adverb
wier
- where?
- Wier is dien Húus? ― Where is your house?
- where
- Iek weet wier dien Húus is. ― I know where your house is.
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian wether, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą. Cognates include Dutch weer and German wieder.
Adverb
wier
- again
- Hääst du dät wier däin? ― Have you done it again?
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “wier”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian wēr, from Proto-West Germanic *wār.
Adjective
wier
- real
- true
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Further reading
- “wier (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011