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Feier

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Bavarian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German viur, viwer, viuwer, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɶːɐ/, /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feier, diminutive Feierl)

  1. fire (chemical process)
  2. fire (instance of something burning)
  3. (firearms) fire; the act of firing
  4. a means for lighting a fire, i.e. a lighter or matches

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German vîre, from Old High German fîra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑɛ̯ɐ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfæːɐ/ (East Central, Vienna)

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feiern, diminutive Feierl)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • Fauer (variant in Moselle Franconian)
  • Füür (Ripuarian)

Etymology

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See Füür.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Feier n

  1. (most of Moselle Franconian) fire

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Feuer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Feier

  1. (Erzgebirgisch, Silesian) fire
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Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41:

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vîre, from Old High German fîra, from Latin fēriae.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfa̯ɪɐ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Feier f (genitive Feier, plural Feiern)

  1. celebration
  2. party
  3. ceremony
  4. service
  5. observance

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Feier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Feier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Feier” in Duden online
  • Feier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • fayer (Wiesemann spelling)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Central Franconian Feier, from Middle High German viur, from Old High German fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.[1]

Cognate with German Feuer and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feire)

  1. fire
    Das Feier gehd net aan.
    The fire won't light.
Derived terms
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nouns

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle High German vīre, from Old High German fīra, borrowed from Latin fēriae.[1]

Cognate with German Feier and Luxembourgish Feier.

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feire)

  1. celebration
  2. party
    Synonym: Fest
Derived terms
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nouns

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Feier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 47

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German fiur, from Proto-Germanic *fōr. Cognate with German Feuer, Dutch vuur, West Frisian fjoer, English fire.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feieren)

  1. fire
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old High German fīra, ultimately from Latin fēriae. Compare German Feier.

Noun

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Feier f (plural Feieren)

  1. celebration
Derived terms
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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Feuer, English fire.

Noun

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Feier n (plural Feire)

  1. fire