Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Biär
• Pier

Noun

Bier n ‎(plural Bier)

1. beer

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, 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

• IPA^(key): [biːɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Noun

Bier n ‎(genitive Biers or Bieres, plural Biere or Bier, diminutive Bierchen n)

1. beer

Usage notes

• As is common with beverages in German, the unchanged plural Bier is used after numerals in the sense of "quantities of beer" (glasses, bottles, cans). One may order: Zwei Bier, bitte! – "Two beers, please!" (Nota bene: In many places of the German language area, this is not a common order; instead one needs to specify Pils, Weißbier, Kölsch, etc.)
• The marked plural Biere is used to mean "different kinds of beer". For example: Pils und Kölsch sind beliebte deutsche Biere. – "Pils and Kölsch are popular German beers."

Declension

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːə̯/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare German Bär, English bear, Dutch beer.

Noun

Bier m ‎(plural Bieren)

1. bear

Derived terms

• Äisbier
• Teddybier

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bazją. Compare German Beere, Danish bær, English berry.

Noun

Bier n ‎(plural Bier)

1. berry

Derived terms

English

a funeral bier (sense 1)

Noun

bier ‎(plural biers)

1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act IV, scene 5:

     They bore him bare-faced on the bier.

2. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

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Translations

Anagrams

• brie

Danish

Noun

bier c

1. plural indefinite of bi

Verb

bier

1. present tense of bie

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːr/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch *bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą ‎(“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- ‎(“dross”). Compare West Frisian bier, German Bier, Low German Beer, bêr, English beer, Icelandic bjór.

Noun

bier n ‎(plural bieren, diminutive biertje n)

1. beer

   Het is hier nu vooral feest en bier drinken.

   Here it's mostly partying and drinking beer.

Synonyms

• gerstenat

Anagrams

• brei

German

Verb

bier

1. Imperative singular of bieren.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of bieren.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bier m, f

1. indefinite plural of bie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bier f

1. indefinite plural of bie

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

bier f (plural biern)

1. berry