# weer
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /wiː.ə/
* (US) IPA: /wiː.ɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

wee +‎ -er

#### Noun

weer (plural weers)
* (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees, someone who urinates.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

weer
* comparative form of wee: more wee

### Anagrams

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

## Balantak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

### Noun

weer
* water

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋeːr/
* Rhymes: -eːr
* (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA: [weːr], [β̞eːr]
* (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA: [ʋɪːr]
* Audio:(file)
* (Guelders, Holland) IPA: [ʋɪːɹ]

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Adverb

weer
* 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.
* 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.

##### Alternative forms

* (archaic) weder

##### Derived terms

* al weer
* alweer
* heen en weer
* over en weer
* wederantwoord
* wederdienst
* wederdoper
* wedergeboorte
* wederhelft
* wederom
* wederopbouw
* weer-
* weeral
* weergeven

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

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.

#### Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)
* weather

##### Alternative forms

* (archaic) weder

##### Derived terms

* herfstweer
* hondenweer
* ijs en weder dienende
* lenteweer
* onweer
* plensweer
* prachtweer
* verwederen
* verweren
* vriesweer
* weer om geen hond door te sturen
* weeralarm
* weerbericht
* weerkaart
* weerkunde
* weerlezer
* weerlezeres
* weerman
* weerpluim
* weerssituatie
* weersverwachting
* weersvoorspelling
* weersvooruitzicht
* weervrouw
* winterweer
* zomerweer

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
* defense
* resistance
* (law, feudalism) seisin

##### Derived terms

* afweer
* brandweer
* in de weer zijn
* landweer
* verweer
* weerloos
* weerstand

### Etymology 4

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”).

#### Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
* wether

##### Alternative forms

* (archaic) weder

### Etymology 5

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.

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Noun

weer n (uncountable)
* callus
* knot in wood
    Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast
* foxing (in textiles)

##### Related terms

* weeroog (dialectal)

### Etymology 6

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

#### Conjunction

weer
* (obsolete) whether

### Etymology 7

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

#### Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)
* (archaic) man
** 1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):“Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”“Begone, you evil man!”

##### Related terms

* weerbeer
* weergeld
* weerwolf
* wereld

### Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

weer
* inflection of weren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* were

## Hunsrik
### Pronoun

weer (Wiesemann spelling)
* Alternative spelling of wer

## Low German
### Verb

weer
* first-person singular past of wesen

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

weer
* Alternative form of were

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

weer
* Alternative form of werre (“war”)

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* huar (Föhr-Amrum)
* hur (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”).

### Adverb

weer
* (Mooring) where

## Saterland Frisian
### Adjective

weer
* real
* true

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

weer (definite form weer wi)
* moon
* month

### References

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