wier
See also: Wier
English
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-Germanic, or was borrowed from Frisian. Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English war (“seaweed”).
Usage notes
Before the 18th century, the word was sometimes considered to be feminine.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wier
Pronoun
wier
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
Saterland Frisian
West Frisian
Inflection
Inflection of wier | ||||
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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
Further reading
- “wier (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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