# Wasser
## English
### Proper noun

Wasser (plural Wassers)
* A surname.

### Anagrams

* resaws, swares, sawers, wrasse, sewars, swears

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* Wâsser, Wàser (Alsatian)
* Wâser (Dunzenheim)
* wasser, wàsser (Italian Walser)

### Etymology

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

### Noun

Wasser n
* (Basel, Alsatian) water

#### Derived terms

* Wassermoli

### References

* Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten
* Rudolf Suter, Baseldeutsch-Grammatik (1976): s Wasser

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* Waßer (native in most dialects; now archaic in many)

### Etymology

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar. The use of -a- instead of the expected -ā- is influenced by standard German.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋasʌ/

### Noun

Wasser n (plural Wasser, diminutive Wässerche)
* (many dialects) water
** 1990, “Dat Wasser vun Kölle”‎performed by Bläck Fööss:O leeve Jott, jevv uns Wasser, Denn janz Kölle hät Doosch! O leeve Jott, jevv uns Wasser Un helf uns en der Nut!O dear God, give us water, For all of Cologne is thirsty! O dear God, give us water And help us in our misery!

#### Descendants

* Hunsrik: Wasser
* Luxembourgish: Waasser
* Transylvanian Saxon: Wåsser, Wosser (Sibiu), Wauesser (Brașov)

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waȥȥar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of *wódr̥.
Compare Low German Water, Dutch water, English water, Danish vand.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.sər/, [ˈva.sɐ], [ˈva.səʁ]
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* Hyphenation: Was‧ser

### Noun

Wasser n (strong, genitive Wassers, plural Wasser or Wässer, diminutive Wässerchen n or Wässerlein n)
* water (H₂O)
* alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit
* (colloquial) Clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser.

#### Usage notes

* Both plural forms are infrequent. Unchanged Wasser is used as a purely emphatic plural: die Wasser des Rheins – the waters of the Rhine. Wässer is used as an actual plural meaning different kinds of water (or brandy): teure und preiswerte Wässer – expensive and inexpensive [table] waters. However, Wässer is also used emphatically in some compound words such as Abwässer (“waste water”) and Schmutzwässer (“dirty water”).

#### Derived terms

* Abwasser (“wastewater; sewage”)
* Altwasser (“oxbow lake”)
* auch nur mit Wasser kochen
* Blut ist dicker als Wasser (“blood is thicker than water”)
* das Wasser reichen können (“to hold a candle”, literally “to hand the water”)
* Gewässer (“body of water, waterbody, water”)
* Hochwasser (“flood, flooding”)
* Kirschwasser (“kirsch, a clear brandy made from black cherries”)
* Meerwasser (“seawater”)
* Mineralwasser (“mineral water, carbonated water”)
* nah am Wasser gebaut (“prone to crying”)
* Salzwasser (“salt water”)
* Sprudelwasser (“fizzy water”)
* Süßwasser (“freshwater”)
* Trinkwasser (“drinking water”)
* Wasser predigen und Wein trinken (“to not practice what one preaches”, literally “to preach water and drink wine”)
* Wasserbecken
* Wasserbehälter
* Wasserbombe (“depth charge; water bomb, water balloon”, literally “water bomb”)
* Wasserdampf (“steam; water vapour”)
* Wassereis (“ice pop, popsicle, ice lolly; frozen water”, literally “water ice”)
* Wasserfall (“waterfall”)
* Wasserfarbe (“watercolour”)
* Wasserfläche
* Wasserflasche f (“water bottle”)
* Wasserfloh
* Wassergewebe
* Wassergüte
* Wasserhund (“water dog”)
* wässerig, wässrig (“watery”)
* Wasserkopf
* Wasserlauf
* Wassermann (“Aquarius, Aquarian”)
* Wasserminze
* Wassermühle (“water mill”)
* wässern (“to water”)
* Wasserpfeife (“water pipe”)
* Wasserralle (“water rail”)
* Wasserrutsche f (“Waterslide”)
* Wassersäule f (“water column”)
* Wasserscheide (“watershed”)
* Wasserski (“water skiing; water ski”)
* Wasserskorpion (“water scorpion”)
* Wasserspeier (“gargoyle, waterspout”)
* Wasserspinne (“water spider, diving bell spider”)
* Wasserstoff (“hydrogen”)
* Wasserstraße
* Wassertemperatur
* Wassertiefe
* Wasserverbrauch
* Wasserverlust
* Wasserwanze (“water bug”)
* Weihwasser
* Wildwasser (“white water”)
* Wurstwasser (“water in which sausages have been cooked and/or packaged”)

### Further reading

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

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* waser (Wiesemann spelling system)

### Etymology

From Central Franconian Wasser, from Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, from *wed- + *-r̥.
Cognate with German Wasser, Luxembourgish Waasser, Pennsylvania German Wasser and Transylvanian Saxon Wåsser.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvasa/
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: Was‧ser

### Noun

Wasser n (plural Wassre)
* water
    Ich drinke en Glaas Wasser.I am drinking a glass of water.

#### Derived terms

* Mineralwasser
* Rehnwasser
* Salswasser
* Zitronewasser

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wasser”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 171, column 2

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar. Compare German Wasser, Dutch water, English water.

### Noun

Wasser n
* water

## Rhine Franconian
### Etymology

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

### Noun

Wasser ?
* (many dialects, including Palatine) water

### References

* Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): guts Wasser

## Unserdeutsch
### Etymology

From German Wasser, from Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

### Noun

*Wasser
* water

### References

* Craig Volker, The Birth and Decline of Rabaul Creole German, in: 1991, Language and Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 22, pp. 143ff., here p. 154:
    3. Inclusive/exclusive 'we':
    (a) Uns bis neben Salz-wasser.
    we:IN are next.to salt water
    'We're next to the ocean.'

## Volga German
### Etymology

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar.

### Noun

Wasser n
* water