wier

See also: Wier

English

Noun

wier (plural wiers)

1. 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 […]

Anagrams

• Weir, Wire, weir, wire

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ir

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)

1. seaweed

Usage notes

Before the 18th century, the word was sometimes considered to be feminine.

Synonyms

• (seaweed): alg, alge, zeegras

Derived terms

• groenwieren, zeewier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wier

Etymology 2

Equivalent to wie +‎ -er (genitive feminine ending).

Pronoun

wier

1. (interrogative, archaic) whose (feminine, plural)
2. (relative, dated) whose (feminine, plural)

Usage notes

• See wiens#Usage notes.

Related terms

• wie, wiens

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• wär

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːr/, [viə̯], [ˈviː.ɐ]

Verb

wier

1. first-person singular simple conditional of sinn
2. 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

1. where?

   Wier is dien Húus? ― Where is your house?

2. 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

1. 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

1. real
2. true

Inflection

Inflection of wier
uninflected	wier
inflected	wiere
comparative	wierder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		wier	wierder	it wierst it wierste
indefinite	c. sing.	wiere	wierdere	wierste
	n. sing.	wier	wierder	wierste
	plural	wiere	wierdere	wierste
definite		wiere	wierdere	wierste
partitive		wiers	wierders	—

Derived terms

• wierheid

Further reading

• “wier (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011