different between weer vs xeer

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

xeer (uncountable)

1. The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.
   • 2005, Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

     In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.

   • 2007, Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa

     The key feature of the xeer is its common law character...