weer
English
Balantak
Further reading
- Robert L. Busenitz, Marilyn J. Busenitz, Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics (NUSA 33, 1991)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋeːr/
- Rhymes: -eːr
- (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA(key): [weːr], [β̞eːr]
- (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA(key): [ʋɪːr]
audio (file) - (Gelders) IPA(key): [ʋɪːɹ]
Etymology 1
Contracted form of weder (“again”).
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
Etymology 2
Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Derived terms
- herfstweer
- hondenweer
- lenteweer
- onweer
- plensweer
- prachtweer
- verwederen
- verweren
- vriesweer
- weerbericht
- weerkaart
- weerkunde
- weerlezer
- weerlezeres
- weerman
- weer om geen hond door te sturen
- weerpluim
- weerssituatie
- weersverwachting
- weersvoorspelling
- weersvooruitzicht
- weervrouw
- winterweer
- zomerweer
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Alternative forms
- weder (archaic)
Noun
weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
- (archaic) man
- 1873, De Bo
- “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
- “Begone, you evil man!”
- “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
- 1873, De Bo
Etymology 9
See the etymology of the main entry.
Low German
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).
Etymology 2
From Old English werre, wyrre.
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