Bier
Alemannic German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).
Cognate with German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bier n (plural Bier)
Central Franconian
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun
[edit]Bier n or m (plural Bier)
- (many dialects) beer (drink)
Usage notes
[edit]- Masculine in southern Moselle Franconian, otherwise neuter.
Alternative forms
[edit]- Beer (western Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German bēr, from Old High German bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
Noun
[edit]Bier m (plural Biere)
- (most dialects) a male uncastrated pig; a boar
- Buur, Bär un Bier sinn drei kodde Dier.
- Farmer, bear and boar are three evil animals. (Old Colognian proverb expressing city-dwellers’ snobbery)
See also
[edit]German
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).
Akin to Dutch bier, Low German Beer, bêr, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bier n (strong, genitive Bieres or Biers, plural Biere or Bier, diminutive Bierchen n)
- (beverage) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
- (figurative, informal) business, beeswax (personal affairs)
- Das ist nicht mein Bier! ― That's none of my business!
Usage notes
[edit]- As is common with beverages in German, the unchanged plural Bier can be used after numerals in the sense of “quantities of beer” (glasses, bottles, cans). One may order:
- Zwei Bier, bitte!
- Two beers, please!
- The marked plural Biere is used to mean different kinds of beer.
- Pils und Kölsch sind beliebte deutsche Biere.
- Pils and Kölsch are popular German beers.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Bier” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Bier” in Duden online
- “Bier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bier”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Central Franconian bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, *bheus- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).[1]
Pronunciation
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[edit]Bier n (nominative plural Biere)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Bier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 24
Luxembourgish
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.
Noun
[edit]Bier m (plural Bieren)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old High German bira, from Latin pirum.
Noun
[edit]Bier f (plural Bieren)
Alternative forms
[edit]- Bir (superseded in 2019)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.
Noun
[edit]Bier n (plural Bier)
Usage notes
[edit]- "Bier" can also mean "nut" or "bonce" (as in head) when used in Luxembourgish slang: i.e.: "wann's de dech net gëss, kriss de eng op d'Bier!" meaning "if you don't behave, you'll be hit in the head!"
Derived terms
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ.
Compare German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer.
Noun
[edit]Bier n (plural Biere)
Derived terms
[edit]- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- gsw:Alcoholic beverages
- gsw:Zymurgy
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- de:Alcoholic beverages
- de:Beer
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- hrx:Alcoholic beverages
- hrx:Beer
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/iːə
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