German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) awa; awersch
• (in some dialects, including Low Prussian, by confusion) adder, adda
• (in some dialects) aver, avers (awers)
• (in a few dialects) aber, aba

Conjunction

awer

1. (Low Prussian) but

   awer öck dachte...

   but I thought...

2. (Low Prussian) or

   fîf awer sess?

   five or six?

See also

• man
• (in some dialects) bloots
• Plautdietsch: oba

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German avur, from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur ‎(“after, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- ‎(“away, from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vəɾ/

Conjunction

awer

1. but; though
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:

     awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.

     but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce

     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

Pennsylvania German

Conjunction

awer

1. Alternative form of awwer