weer
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
weer
- comparative form of wee: more wee
Anagrams
Balantak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
weer
Further reading
- Robert L. Busenitz, Marilyn J. Busenitz, Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics (NUSA 33, 1991)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋeːr/
- Rhymes: -eːr
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Etymology 1
Contracted form of wēder (“again”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).
Adverb
weer
- again
- 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
- In dreigend gillen ben 'k weêr opgestaan.
- Yelling threateningly I rose again.
- 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”
- back
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.
Noun
weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.
Noun
weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Etymology 5
From Middle Dutch wêer. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat and Latin verrūca.
Noun
weer n (uncountable)
Etymology 6
From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.
Conjunction
weer
Etymology 7
From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
Related terms
Etymology 8
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
weer
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of weren
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of weren
Anagrams
Low German
Verb
weer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).
Verb
weer
- Alternative form of were
Etymology 2
From Old English werre, wyrre.
Noun
weer
- Alternative form of werre
Wolof
Noun
weer (definite form weer wi)
References
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257
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