different between weer vs geer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wi?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wi?.?/

Adjective

weer

1. comparative form of wee: more wee

Anagrams

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

Balantak

Noun

weer

1. water

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?r/
• Rhymes: -e?r
• (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA^(key): [we?r], [??e?r]
• (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA^(key): [???r]
• (Gelders) IPA^(key): [????]

Etymology 1

Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþra (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tero- (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).

Adverb

weer

1. again
   • 1888, Willem Kloos, “O, dat ik haten moet en niet vergeten!”

   Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, weerom

2. back

Derived terms

• alweer
• weeral
• al weer
• heen en weer
• weergeven
• weer-

Etymology 2

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch weder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-Germanic *wedr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wed?rom.

Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

1. weather

Alternative forms

• weder (archaic)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch weder, 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)

1. wether

Alternative forms

• weder (archaic)

Etymology 4

From Latin verruca (“wart”)

Noun

weer n (uncountable)

1. foxing (in textiles)
2. callus

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. knot in wood

   Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast

Etymology 6

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. defense
2. resistance
3. (law, feudalism) seisin

Derived terms

• afweer
• verweer
• weerloos
• brandweer
• landweer
• weerstand

Etymology 7

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (law, feudalism) seisin

Etymology 8

From Middle Dutch weer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz. Cognate with English were (“man”), Latin vir.

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

1. (archaic) man
   • 1873, De Bo

     “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”

     “Begone, you evil man!”

Related terms

• weerbeer
• weergeld
• weerwolf
• wereld

Etymology 9

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

weer

1. first-person singular present indicative of weren
2. imperative of weren

Anagrams

• were

Low German

Verb

weer

1. first-person singular past of wesen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English w?re (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).

Verb

weer

1. Alternative form of were

Etymology 2

From Old English werre, wyrre.

Noun

weer

1. Alternative form of werre

English

Noun

geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)

1. Obsolete form of gear.

Anagrams

• Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

1. spear
2. (heraldry) gyron

Synonyms

• (spear): speer, spies, lans

Derived terms

• aalgeer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Noun

gêer m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: geer

Further reading

• “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III