# vier
## English
### Etymology

From vie +‎ -er.

### Noun

vier (plural viers)
* One who vies for something.
** 1991, Diane Lynch Fraser, Playdancing, page 90:Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy.

### Anagrams

* Rive, Irve, iver, vire, Iver, rive

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch vier, from Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fir/
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

vier
* four

## Alemannic German

cardinal number :
| 4 | Previous: | drüü |
| 4 | Next: | foif |

### Etymology

From Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr. Cognate with German vier, Dutch vier, English four, Icelandic fjórir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiər/

### Numeral

vier
* four

#### Derived terms

* Zvieri

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* viere
* via, fiar (spelling)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiɐ̯/
** Audio:(file)

### Numeral

vier
* four

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

From Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiə̯/

### Numeral

vier
* (most dialects) four

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vir/, [viːr], [viər], [f-]
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: vier
* Rhymes: -ir

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

#### Numeral

vier
* four
    Die vier zijn natuurlijk blij, maar laten we ook denken aan het verdriet van de vier die zijn afgewezen. ― Those four are of course happy, but let us also think of the sadness of the four who were rejected.

##### Derived terms

* gevieren
* klavertjevier
* vierde
* vierdelig
* vierendelen
* vierhoek
* vierkant
* vierklauwens
* vierkwartsmaat
* vierledig
* vierling
* viermaal
* vierschaar
* viertal
* viervorst
* viervoud
* vierwerf

##### Related terms

* veertien
* veertig
* vierde

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vier
* Berbice Creole Dutch: firi
* Jersey Dutch: vîr
* Negerhollands: vier, veer, fi
* Skepi Creole Dutch: firi
* → Trió: pirë

#### Noun

vier m (plural vieren, diminutive viertje n)
* a sign for or representation of four
    De vier op zijn shirt was nauwelijks meer te zien. ― The four on his shirt was barely visible anymore.
* the value four, e.g. as a score
    Hij had veel onvoldoendes, drie vijven en een vier. ― He had many failing grades, three fives and one four.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

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

### Etymology 3

See vuur.

#### Noun

vier n (plural vieren, diminutive viertje n)
* Dialectal form of vuur (“fire”)

## Galician
### Verb

vier
* (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vir

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Compare Dutch vier, English four, Danish fire, Swedish fyra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːr/, [fi(ː)ɐ̯]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

### Numeral

vier
* (cardinal number) four (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 4; or describing a set with four elements)
** 1682, Benignus Kybler, WunderSpiegl Oder Göttliche Wunderwerck. Dritter und letzter Theil, page 144:Bey Ablauffung der fünfften Wochen/ erschine ihr die Himmel-Königin abermahlen/ vnd raichet ein Himmlisches Getranck dar/ welches sie mit allgebürender Ehrerbütigkeit angenommen vnd genossen/ zumahlen sich dermassen erhollet hat / daß ihre Stärcke vnnd Leibs-Kräften weit grösser dann zuvoren/ nit leicht auch von vieren Männern kundte überwunden werden.At the elapsion of the fifth week / the heavenly queen appeared to her again / and proferred to her a heavenly drink / that she accepted with appropriate reverence and enjoyed / all the more as she recuperated to such an extent / that her strength and health were much higher than before / and she could not easily be overcome by four men.

#### Declension

Normally uninflected, but note the following:
* viere (now colloquial, used independently of a noun), e.g. Die Turmuhr schlug viere. ― The clock tower struck four.
* genitive: vierer (literary), e.g. nach Verlauf vierer Jahre ― after the course of four years
* dative: vieren (literary, now used independently of a noun), e.g. der letzte von vieren ― the last of four

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | null | eins, (before a noun) ein | zwei | drei | vier | fünf | sechs | sieben | acht | neun |
| 1— | zehn | elf | zwölf | dreizehn | vierzehn | fünfzehn | sechzehn | siebzehn | achtzehn | neunzehn |
| 2— | zwanzig | einundzwanzig | zweiundzwanzig | dreiundzwanzig | vierundzwanzig | fünfundzwanzig | sechsundzwanzig | siebenundzwanzig | achtundzwanzig | neunundzwanzig |
| 3— | Germany, Austria: dreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreissig | Germany, Austria: einunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: einunddreissig | Germany, Austria: zweiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: zweiunddreissig | Germany, Austria: dreiunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: dreiunddreissig | Germany, Austria: vierunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: vierunddreissig | Germany, Austria: fünfunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: fünfunddreissig | Germany, Austria: sechsunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: sechsunddreissig | Germany, Austria: siebenunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: siebenunddreissig | Germany, Austria: achtunddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: achtunddreissig | Germany, Austria: neununddreißig Switzerland, Liechtenstein: neununddreissig |
| 4— | vierzig | einundvierzig | zweiundvierzig | dreiundvierzig | vierundvierzig | fünfundvierzig | sechsundvierzig | siebenundvierzig | achtundvierzig | neunundvierzig |
| 5— | fünfzig | einundfünfzig | zweiundfünfzig | dreiundfünfzig | vierundfünfzig | fünfundfünfzig | sechsundfünfzig | siebenundfünfzig | achtundfünfzig | neunundfünfzig |
| 6— | sechzig | einundsechzig | zweiundsechzig | dreiundsechzig | vierundsechzig | fünfundsechzig | sechsundsechzig | siebenundsechzig | achtundsechzig | neunundsechzig |
| 7— | siebzig | einundsiebzig | zweiundsiebzig | dreiundsiebzig | vierundsiebzig | fünfundsiebzig | sechsundsiebzig | siebenundsiebzig | achtundsiebzig | neunundsiebzig |
| 8— | achtzig | einundachtzig | zweiundachtzig | dreiundachtzig | vierundachtzig | fünfundachtzig | sechsundachtzig | siebenundachtzig | achtundachtzig | neunundachtzig |
| 9— | neunzig | einundneunzig | zweiundneunzig | dreiundneunzig | vierundneunzig | fünfundneunzig | sechsundneunzig | siebenundneunzig | achtundneunzig | neunundneunzig |
* 100: hundert, einhundert
* 10$^3$: tausend, eintausend
* 10$^4$: zehntausend (Myriade)
* 10$^6$: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
* 10$^9$: Milliarde
* 10$^{12}$: Billion
* 10$^{15}$: Billiarde
* 10$^{18}$: Trillion
* 10$^{21}$: Trilliarde
* 10$^{24}$: Quadrillion
* 10$^{27}$: Quadrilliarde
* 10$^{30}$: Quintillion
* 10$^{33}$: Quintilliarde
* 10$^{36}$: Sextillion
* 10$^{39}$: Sextilliarde
* 10$^{42}$: Septillion
* 10$^{45}$: Septilliarde
* 10$^{48}$: Oktillion
* 10$^{51}$: Oktilliarde
* 10$^{54}$: Nonillion
* 10$^{57}$: Nonilliarde
* 10$^{60}$: Dezillion
* 10$^{63}$: Dezilliarde
* 10$^{66}$: Undezillion
* 10$^{69}$: Undezilliarde
* 10$^{72}$: Duodezillion
* 10$^{75}$: Duodezilliarde
* 10$^{78}$: Tredezillion
* 10$^{81}$: Tredezilliarde
* 10$^{84}$: Quattuordezillion
* 10$^{87}$: Quattuordezilliarde
* 10$^{100}$: Googol
* 10$^{120}$: Vigintillion
* 10$^{123}$: Vigintilliarde

#### Derived terms

* vierte, vierzig
* vierfach, vierminütig, vierstündig, viertägig, vierwöchig, viermonatig, vierjährig

#### Related terms

* vierzehn, vierhundert, viertausend
* Viereck, Vierklang, Vierflächner, Vierzeiler

### Further reading

* “vier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “vier” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “vier” in Duden online
* vier on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Latin
### Verb

vier
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of viō

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

#### Numeral

vier
* four

##### Descendants

* Dutch: vier
* Limburgish: veer
* Zealandic: vier

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vier n
* (Flemish, sometimes Brabant) Alternative form of vuur

### Further reading

* “viere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vier (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

vier
* present tense of vie

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar. Compare German vier, Dutch vier, English four.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːɐ̯/

### Numeral

vier
* four

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /viˈɛ(ʁ)/ [vɪˈɛ(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈvjɛ(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /viˈɛ(ʁ)/ [vɪˈɛ(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈvjɛ(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /viˈɛ(ɾ)/ [vɪˈɛ(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɛ(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /viˈɛ(ʁ)/ [vɪˈɛ(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈvjɛ(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /viˈɛ(ɻ)/ [vɪˈɛ(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɛ(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjɛɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjɛɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbjɛɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjɛ.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: vi‧er

### Verb

vier
* first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vir

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin verrēs.

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /vjer/

#### Noun

vier m (plural vieri)
* (un-castrated pig) boar
* (male) wild boar

##### Declension
#### See also

* mistreț

### Etymology 2

From vie (“vineyard”), or from Latin vīneārius.

#### Alternative forms

* viiariu — archaic

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /viˈer/

#### Noun

vier m (plural vieri)
* vintager
* (rare) vine grower

##### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vi̯er]

### Noun

vier
* genitive plural of viera

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vier, variant of vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

### Noun

vier n
* fire

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English veir (“squirrel fur”, rarely "weasel"), from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).

#### Alternative forms

* wyer, vierd

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /viːr/, /wiːr/
* Homophone: vire

#### Noun

vier
* weasel

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vier
* Alternative form of vire (“fire”)

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75

## Zealandic
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

#### Numeral

vier
* four

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vier, variant of vuur.

#### Noun

vier n (plural [please provide])
* fire