dier

From die +‎ -er.

dier (plural diers)

1. One who dies.
   • Don DeLillo, White Noise

     It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier.

   • 2006, Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari

     Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.

• Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Compare deceased.

• IDer, Reid, dire, drie, ired, ride

From Dutch dier, from Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch *dior, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

dier (plural diere)

1. animal
2. beast; brute

• IPA^(key): /dir/, [diːr], [diər]
• Hyphenation: dier
• Rhymes: -iːr

From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

dier n (plural dieren, diminutive diertje n)

1. animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia

dier

1. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural of die).

   De verdachte heeft zich samen met een vriend, haar dochter en dier vriend schuldig gemaakt aan de moord op haar echtgenoot [...] (from a verdict of the Court of Justice at 's-Gravenhage, 2011 )

   The accused (woman) is guilty of having murdered her husband in cooperation with a friend, her daughter and the latter's friend [...]

Dier is used in a similar way as the possessive determiners haar and hun. It is rare in spoken Dutch, but used occasionally in writing to avoid confusion. Compare:

• Zij vertelde van haar dochter en haar man. ― She told about her daughter and her (own) husband.
• Zij vertelde van haar dochter en dier man. ― She told about her daughter and the latter's husband.

The corresponding masculine and neuter singular form is diens.

dier (comparative dierder, superlative dierst)

1. (dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of duur

• dierbaar

• drie, ried

From Old Norse þeir, þær, from Proto-Germanic *þai. Cognate with Swedish de.

dier

1. they

From Old High German durri, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz. Cognate with German dürr, Dutch dor, Swedish torr, Icelandic þurr.

• IPA^(key): /diːʀ/, [ˈdiː.ɐ], [diə̯]
• Rhymes: -iːə
• Homophones: Dier, dir, Dir

dier (masculine dieren, neuter diert, comparative méi dier, superlative am diersten)

1. (of plants and trees) dry, dead

From Old Dutch dier, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

dier n

1. animal

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: dier
• Limburgish: deer

See the etymology of the main entry.

dier

1. inflection of die:
   1. feminine genitive and dative singular
   2. genitive plural

• “dier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dier (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

dier n

1. animal

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: dier
  • Dutch: dier

• “dier”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

dier n (plural dieren, diminutive dierke)

1. animal

• húsdier
• sûchdier

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