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dier

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See also:Dier

English

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Etymology

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Fromdie +‎-er.

Noun

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dier (pluraldiers)

One whodies.
- 1985,Don DeLillo,White Noise:
  It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be thedier.
- 2006, Shankar Mokashi Punekar,Awadheswari:
  Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of thedier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.

Usage notes

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Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Comparedeceased.

Anagrams

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Deri,IDer,Reid,dire,drie,ired,ride

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchdier, fromMiddle Dutchdier, fromOld Dutch*dior, fromProto-West Germanic*deuʀ, fromProto-Germanic*deuzą, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewsóm.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /dir/,[diːr]
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Noun

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dier (pluraldiere)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /dir/,[diːr],[diər]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:dier
Rhymes:-ir

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchdier, fromOld Dutchdier, fromProto-West Germanic*deuʀ, fromProto-Germanic*deuzą, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewsóm.

Noun

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dier n (pluraldieren,diminutivediertje n)

animal(any member of the kingdomAnimalia)

Usage notes

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Sometimes used as a term of endearment or flirtation, as in the phraselekker dier.

dier

(demonstrative)her,their, thelatter's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural ofdie)
De verdachte heeft zich samen met een vriend, haar dochter endier vriend schuldig gemaakt aan de moord op haar echtgenoot [...] (from a verdict of the Court of Justice at 's-Gravenhage, 2011[1])
The accused (woman) is guilty of having murdered her husband in cooperation with a friend, her daughter andthe latter's friend [...]

Usage notes

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Dier is used in a similar way as the possessive determinershaar andhun. It is rare in spoken Dutch, but used occasionally in writing to avoid confusion. Compare:

Zij vertelde van haar dochter enhaar man. ―She told of her daughter andher (own) husband.
Zij vertelde van haar dochter endier man. ―She told of her daughter andthe latter's husband.

The corresponding masculine and neuter singular form isdiens.

Etymology 3

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Dialectal variant ofduur; comparebesturen andbestieren, which displays the same alternation in vowels, arising from dialectal differences.

Adjective

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dier (comparativedierder,superlativedierst)

(dialectal, archaic)alternative form ofduur

Derived terms

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dierbaar

Anagrams

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drie,ried

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseþeir,þær, fromProto-Germanic*þai.

Pronoun

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dier

they

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germandurri, fromProto-Germanic*þursuz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /diːr/,[diə̯],[ˈdiː.ɐ]
Rhymes:-iːə
Homophones:Dier,dir,Dir

Adjective

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dier (masculinedieren,neuterdiert,comparativeméi dier,superlativeamdiersten)

(of plants and trees)dry,dead

Declension

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Declension ofdier
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		hien assdier	si assdier	et assdier	si si(nn)dier
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	dieren	dier	diert	dier
nominative / accusative	independent without determiner	dieren	dier	dieres	dierer
dative	after any declined word	dieren	dierer	dieren	dieren
dative	as first declined word	dierem	dierer	dierem	dieren