awer
German Low German
Alternative forms
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) awa; awersch
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian, by confusion) adder, adda
- (in some dialects) aver, avers (awers)
- (in a few dialects) aber, aba
Etymology
Ultimately cognate to German aber. This and the Low German cognate of German oder are conflated in some dialects, resulting in both words being used with both meanings.
Conjunction
awer
- (Low Prussian) but
- awer öck dachte...
- but I thought...
- awer öck dachte...
- (Low Prussian) or
- fîf awer sess?
- five or six?
- fîf awer sess?
See also
- man
- (in some dialects) bloots
- Plautdietsch: oba
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Old High German avur, from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, from”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.vəɾ/, /ˈawɐ/
Conjunction
awer
- but; though
- Ich kann, awer ich will net.
- I can, but I don't want to.
- 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:
- awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.
- but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce
- (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)
- awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
- ower
Etymology
From Middle High German aver, from Old High German avur, afar. The expected form is *uewer; the a- is probably due to a levelling influence by cognate German aber, since the native forms show many variants (ower, iewer, iewel, ewel, partly through conflation with Middle High German *evenwal; compare Dutch evenwel).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːveʀ/, [ˈaːvɐ]
Conjunction
awer
- but, however
- Ech drénke gär Téi, awer ech haasse Kaffi. ― I like to drink tea, but I hate coffee.
Synonyms
- mä
Adverb
awer
- (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
- Dat ass awer deier. ― That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.
- Du bass awer grouss ginn! ― Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)
- nonetheless, nevertheless
Pennsylvania German
Conjunction
awer
- Alternative form of awwer