weer

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wiː.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wiː.ɚ/

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Inherited from Old English wær.

weer (comparative more weer, superlative most weer)

1. (obsolete) true, correct

wee +‎ -er

weer (plural weers)

1. (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees, someone who urinates.

weer

1. comparative form of wee: more wee
   • 1924, Louis Joseph Walsh, “Yellow Man”, in Twilight Reveries‎^[1], M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., pages 44–45:

     “Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”

• Ewer, ewer, ewre, rewe, we're, were, were-

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

weer

1. water

• Robert L. Busenitz, Marilyn J. Busenitz, Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics (NUSA 33, 1991)

• 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]

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• (Guelders, Holland) IPA^(key): [ʋɪːɹ]

Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wí (“separation”).

weer

1. again, once more

   Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug

   Ze probeert weer te stoppen met roken.

   She's trying to quit smoking again.

   Ik moet weer opnieuw beginnen met mijn dieet.

   I have to start my diet again.

2. back

   Hij draaide zich om en liep weer terug naar huis.

   He turned around and walked back home.

   Ik moet mijn boek weer naar de bibliotheek brengen.

   I have to take my book back to the library.

   Ik ben er weer.

   I'm back (here). Literally, “I am here back”

• (archaic) weder

• Berbice Creole Dutch: were
• Jersey Dutch: wêr
• Negerhollands: weer

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.

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

1. weather

• (archaic) weder

• Berbice Creole Dutch: weri
• Negerhollands: weer
• → Ambonese Malay: wer
• → Aukan: wei
• → Manado Malay: wer

From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. defense
2. resistance
3. (law, feudalism) seisin

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”).

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. wether

• (archaic) weder

From Middle Dutch wêer, wier, warre, from Old Dutch *warr, probably from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat, Old English wearr (whence English war), and Latin verrūca.

• wier, weure, weur, war
• warre (dialectal)

weer n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. callus
2. knot in wood

   Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast

3. foxing (in textiles)

• weeroog (dialectal)

From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.

weer

1. (obsolete) whether

From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (archaic) man
   • 1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”

     “Begone, you evil man!”

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

weer

1. inflection of weren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• were

weer (Wiesemann spelling)

1. alternative spelling of wer

weer

1. first-person singular past of wesen

weer

1. alternative form of were

weer

1. alternative form of werre (“war”)

• huar (Föhr-Amrum)
• hur (Sylt)

From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”).

weer

1. (Mooring) where

weer

1. real
2. true

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weer (definite form weer wi)

1. moon
2. month

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257