• IPA^(key):/wiə/

wie

1. left(direction)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

FromDutchwie.

• IPA^(key):/vi/

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wie

1. (interrogative, personal)who,whom(object use predominantly withvir)

   Coordinate term:(non-personal)wat

   Wie het jou gesien? ―Who saw you?

   (Vir)wie het jy gesien? ―Whom did you see?

2. (relative, personal, after prepositions)whom

   Synonyms:(also non-personal)waar-,(with stranded preposition)wat

   die manmetwie ek gespreek het ―the manwithwhom I spoke

3. (relative, personal, beforese)whose

   Coordinate term:(non-personal)wat

   die manwiese vrou dood is ―the manwhose wife died

• For speakers of Dutch there is a rather simple rule for the use of Afrikaans relative pronouns: Where Dutch useswie, use the same. Where Dutch usesdie,dat,wat,waar, usewat. In possessive constructions usewie se with persons andwat se with things.
• Relativewie with a personal referent in contexts other than the above-mentioned does occasionally occur. However, this is considered nonstandard and ananglicism.

FromMiddle Dutchwie, fromOld Dutchwie, fromProto-West Germanic*hwaʀ, fromProto-Germanic*hwaz, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷos.

• IPA^(key):/ʋi/

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• Hyphenation:wie
• Rhymes:-i
• Homophone:Wie

wie

1. (interrogative, subjective or objective)who,whom

   Wie is daar? ―Who’s there?

   Wie heb jij gezien? ―Whom did you see?

2. (relative, subjective or objective)who,whom; the onewho,whoever

   Wie dit leest is geletterd. ―The one who reads this is literate.

   De receptionist aanwie ik het pakket heb afgegeven, werkte er pas net.

   The receptionist towhom I handed over the parcel had only recently started working there.

• In Dutch it is entirely standard and common to construewie with a plural verb if the speaker expects the answer to encompass several persons. For example:Wie hebben dit gedaan?(literally“Who have done this?”).

• wien
• wiens
• wier

• Afrikaans:wie
• Berbice Creole Dutch:wi
• Jersey Dutch:wî
• Negerhollands:wie,awi,awidi,widi

• wei

FromMiddle High Germanwie, a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.)Old High Germanhwio, from olderhwēo, fromProto-Germanic*hwaiwa; cognate withGothic𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰(ƕaiwa). 2.) Old High Germanhwē,hwie, from Proto-Germanic*hwē; cognate with Gothic𐍈𐌴(ƕē). The latter is a variant of Proto-Germanic*hwī, whence Englishwhy, and is further a fossilized instrumental case of*hwaz, *hwat(“who, what”). Form 1 is also related to this stem. Outside of High German the only direct modern cognate isLimburgishwie.

• IPA^(key):/viː/

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• Rhymes:-iː

wie

1. how

   Wie groß bist du?

   How tall are you?

   Ich weiß nicht,wie die Katze hereingekommen ist.

   I don't knowhow the cat got in.

   Wie wunderbar!

   How wonderful!

• wieso
• wie dem auch sei
• wie geht es

wie

1. like

   Freunde sindwie Sterne in der Nacht.

   Friends arelike stars in the night.

2. as

   Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen.

   As you know, I grew up in Dortmund.

   Ich bin so schnellwie du.

   I’m as fastas you are.

3. (colloquial,nonstandard, especiallySouthern Germany,Austria)than

   Synonym:(standard)als

   Der Junge ist größerwie sein Vater.

   The boy is tallerthan his father.

4. (chieflycolloquial, especiallyAustria)when(referring to the past)

   Synonym:als

   Ich hab ihn gesehen,wie ich in Köln war.

   I saw himwhen I was in Cologne.

   Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund.

   When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me.

• “wie” inDuden online
• “wie” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wie” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wie” inDeutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

• wii(Wiesemann spelling system)

FromMiddle High Germanwie, a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.)Old High Germanhwio, from olderhwēo, fromProto-Germanic*hwaiwa; cognate withGothic𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰(ƕaiwa). 2.) Old High Germanhwē,hwie, from Proto-Germanic*hwē; cognate with Gothic𐍈𐌴(ƕē). The latter is a variant of Proto-Germanic*hwī, whence Englishwhy, and is further a fossilized instrumental case of*hwaz, *hwat(“who, what”). Form 1 is also related to this stem.

• IPA^(key):/viː/

wie

1. how

   Wie schreibd-ma das?

   How do you spell that?

• wieso

wie

1. like

   Sie brilldwie en Kind.

   She crieslike a child.

2. as
3. than

   Er is schun greserwie ich.

   He's already biggerthan me.

4. when(referring to the past)

   Wie-ich en Kind waar

   When I was a child

• (when, than):als

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

FromOld Dutchwie, from earlierwē,*hwē, fromProto-West Germanic*hwaʀ, fromProto-Germanic*hwaz.

• IPA^(key):/wiə/,/wi/

wie

1. who

• Dutch:wie
• Limburgish:wae

• “wie (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wie (I)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page I

• Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key):/wiə/,/wiɛ/

wie

1. (interrogative pronoun)Alternative form ofwê.
2. (personal pronoun)Alternative form ofwî.

From earlierwē,*hwē, fromProto-West Germanic*hwaʀ, fromProto-Germanic*hwaz.

wie

1. who

• uuie
• wē

• Middle Dutch:wie
  • Dutch:wie
  • Limburgish:wae

• “wie (I)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

FromMiddle High Germanwie, a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.)Old High Germanhwio, from olderhwēo, fromProto-Germanic*hwaiwa; cognate withGothic𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰(ƕaiwa). 2.) Old High Germanhwē,hwie, from Proto-Germanic*hwē; cognate with Gothic𐍈𐌴(ƕē). The latter is a variant of Proto-Germanic*hwī, whence Englishwhy, and is further a fossiled instrumental case of*hwaz, *hwat(“who, what”). Form 1 is also related to this stem. CompareGermanwie.

wie

1. (interrogatory) how

   Wie weess mer as es warricklich Friehyaahr iss?

   How do we know that it really is spring?

FromGerman Low Germanwi, fromMiddle Low Germanwi.

wie

1. we

   Wäawie sent.

   Whowe are.

• ekj (I)

• wäa (who)
• wieda (further)
• ons (our)
• dü (you, thou)
• hee (he)
• see (she)
• jie (you)
• see (they)

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

• IPA^(key):/ˈvjɛ/

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• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:wie

wie

1. third-personsingularpresent ofwiedzieć

FromOld Frisianwī, fromProto-West Germanic*wiʀ. Cognates includeWest Frisianwy andGermanwir.

• IPA^(key):/vi/
• Hyphenation:wie
• Rhymes:-i

wie (obliqueuus)

1. we

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “wie”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske,→ISBN

wie

1. Alternative form ofwee(“with”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number12, page88:

     Than stalket, an gandelt,wie o! an gridane.

     Then stalked and wondered,with oh! and with grief.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page88