wasser
See also: Wasser, wässer, Wässer, wàsser, Wàsser, Wâsser, and Wåsser
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser (Alsatian)
- Wasser (Basel)
- Wâser (Dunzenheim)
- wàsser (Italian Walser)
Etymology
From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.
Noun
wasser n
- (Gressoney, Issime, Carcoforo, Formazza) water
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wasscher. Equivalent to wassen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑ.sər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: was‧ser
- Rhymes: -ɑsər
Noun
wasser m (plural wassers)
- A washer, someone who washes.
Derived terms
- glazenwasser
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
wasser
- inflection of wassern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative