weer

weer

See also: Weer and weer-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wiː.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wiː.ɚ/

Adjective

weer

1. comparative form of wee: more wee

Anagrams

• Ewer, ewer, ewre, rewe, we're, were, were-

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Balantak

Noun

weer

1. water

Further reading

• Robert L. Busenitz, Marilyn J. Busenitz, Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics (NUSA 33, 1991)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr
• (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA^(key): [weːr], [β̞eːr]
• (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA^(key): [ʋɪːr]

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• (Gelders) IPA^(key): [ʋɪːɹ]

Etymology 1

Contracted form of weder (“again”).

Adverb

weer

1. again
   • 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”

     In dreigend gillen ben 'k weêr opgestaan.

     Yelling threateningly I rose again.

   Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, weerom

2. back

Derived terms

• alweer
• weeral
• al weer
• heen en weer
• weergeven
• weer-

Etymology 2

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

1. weather

Alternative forms

• weder (archaic)

Derived terms

• herfstweer
• hondenweer
• lenteweer
• onweer
• plensweer
• prachtweer
• verwederen
• verweren
• vriesweer
• weerbericht
• weerkaart
• weerkunde
• weerlezer
• weerlezeres
• weerman
• weer om geen hond door te sturen
• weerpluim
• weerssituatie
• weersverwachting
• weersvoorspelling
• weersvooruitzicht
• weervrouw
• winterweer
• zomerweer

 

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. wether

Alternative forms

• weder (archaic)

Noun

weer n (uncountable)

1. foxing (in textiles)
2. callus

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. knot in wood

   Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. defense
2. resistance
3. (law, feudalism) seisin

Derived terms

• afweer
• verweer
• weerloos
• brandweer
• landweer
• weerstand

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (law, feudalism) seisin

Etymology 8

From Proto-Germanic *weraz. Cognate with English were (“man”), Latin vir.

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (archaic) man
   • 1873, De Bo

     “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”

     “Begone, you evil man!”

Related terms

• weerbeer
• weergeld
• weerwolf
• wereld

Etymology 9

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

weer

1. first-person singular present indicative of weren
2. imperative of weren

Anagrams

• were

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Low German

Verb

weer

1. First-person singular past of wesen

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).

Verb

weer

1. Alternative form of were

Etymology 2

From Old English werre, wyrre.

Noun

weer

1. Alternative form of werre