wir

• Wir (pluralis majestatis)
• -wa, wa (rare, colloquial)

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ. Compare Low German wi, Dutch wij, English we, Danish vi, Icelandic vér, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /viːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

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• (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA^(key): /vɐ/, /mɐ/

wir

1. we

• The genitive case unser is used more and more rarely in modern German.
• While the genitive of a personal pronoun does express ownership, it must not be confused with a possessive pronoun. While possessive pronouns such as unser are put in front of the noun they relate to and follow the inflection rules of adjectives, the genitive form of a personal pronoun has only one form, which is not further inflected. Additionally, personal pronouns in the genitive can be put after the word they relate to.

• “wir” in Duden online
• “wir” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz.

• IPA^(key): /wir/

wir

1. we: nominative plural of ich

• Bavarian:
  • Cimbrian: biar, bar (Sette Comuni)
  • Mòcheno: biar
• German: wir

From Proto-Germanic *wīraz. Cognate with Middle Low German wīre, and related to late Old Norse víravirki (“filigree work”), Old High German wiara.

• IPA^(key): /wiːr/

wīr m (nominative plural wīras)

1. wire
2. (botany) myrtle

• Middle English: wir, wyr
  • Scots: wire, weyr
  • English: wire

From Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz.

• IPA^(key): /wiːr/

wir

1. we: nominative plural of ih

• Bavarian:
  • Cimbrian: biar, bar (Sette Comuni)
  • Mòcheno: biar
• German: wir

Inherited from Old Polish wir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvir/

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• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: wir

wir m inan

1. vortex

   Synonyms: kłębowisko, odmęt

   wir polarny ― polar vortex

2. whirlpool

   Synonyms: topiel, odmęt

3. whirl

   Synonyms: kłębowisko, kotłowisko

4. (meteorology) swirl

   Synonym: trąba powietrzna

5. eddy
6. gyre

   Wir Morza Beauforta ― Beaufort Gyre

7. (meteorology) whirlwind

• wir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /wər/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wir

1. simple past tense of be

Wir is used with plural pronouns, and wis is used otherwise.

wir

1. Alternative form of our

• “wir, possess. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

wir

1. Soft mutation of gwir.