# quer
## Catalan
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Basque *karri (“rock”) (compare Basque harri), or from Proto-Celtic *karr- (“rock”) (compare Welsh craig, Irish creag, Manx creg, Armenian քար (kʻar)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkɛr]
* IPA: (Balearic) unknown
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈker]

### Noun

quer m (plural quers)
* (archaic) rock
    Synonym: penya

#### Related terms

* Cadaqués
* Queralbs
* Queralt

### Further reading

* “quer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “quer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quer, third-person singular present indicative of querer: "he/she/it wants".

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛɾ/

#### Verb

quer
* third-person singular present indicative of querer; Alternative form of quere

#### Conjunction

quer … quer
* whether … or
** 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 95:
    Et quando se asañaua, nõ gardaria cousa que nõdisese, quer fose vergonçosa quer maa quer bõa, todo o diria.And when he was angry he would not keep a thing that he didn't say, whether embarrassing or mean or good, everything he would say
* either … or
** 1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 52:quer millo quer çenteoeither millet or barley

##### Related terms

* calquera
* sequera
* se Deus quer

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

quer
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of querer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## German
### Alternative forms

* queer

### Etymology

From Middle High German twer, dwer, quer, from Old High German twerh (“oblique”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwerh. Compare English queer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kveːɐ̯/
* Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

quer (strong nominative masculine singular querer, not comparable)
* crosswise, cross

#### Related terms

* Querangel
* Querbalken
* Quere
* queren
* Querformat
* Querholz
* Quermaß
* Querschnitt
* Querstraße
* Querstreifen
* Querverbindung
* überqueren

### Adverb

quer
* crosswise, across
    Das Blut transportiert die Nährstoffe quer durch den Körper.The blood transports nutrients throughout the body.

#### Derived terms

* kreuz und quer
* Querdenker
* Quereinsteiger
* Querleser
* sich quer legen

#### Related terms

* queren

### Further reading

* “quer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Adjective” in Duden online
* “Adverb” in Duden online

## Middle French
### Noun

quer m (plural quers)
* Alternative form of cuer

#### Descendants

* English: quire

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin quare.

#### Conjunction

quer
* as, since, because, for
    ...quer le sens de li e la vertu creissoit chescun jour de mieux en mieux.Because his discernment and his virtue grew better from day to day.
* (interrogative) why, wherefore
    chevalier, cher vus purpensez?knights, why are you still thinking?

##### Descendants

* French: car

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

quer oblique singular, m (oblique plural quers, nominative singular quers, nominative plural quer)
* (typically Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cuer
** c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet tremblerSuch a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

quer oblique singular, m (oblique plural quers, nominative singular quers, nominative plural quer)
* (Old Northern French) Alternative form of chier

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkɛ(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɛ(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɛɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɛɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɛ.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: quer

### Verb

quer
* inflection of querer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) second-person singular imperative

#### Synonyms

* (second-person singular affirmative imperative of querer): quere

### Conjunction

quer … quer or quer … ou
* whether … or
    Iremos, quer chova ou não. / Iremos, quer chova, quer não.We shall go, whether it rains or not.

#### Related terms

* qualquer