jier

Betekenis (Engels)

year

Geslag

Onsydig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/iə̯r/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old Frisian jēr, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.

Sinne

Ik wit noch heel goed dat ik in jier of tolve wie.

I remember very well that I was about twelve years old.

It is grif wol tritich jier lyn dat ik him sjoen ha .

It has certainly been thirty years since I saw him.

Tsjin it lêst fan dit jier sille de earste resultaten te sjen wêze .

By the end of this year, the first results will be visible.

Takom jier wurdt de sitewaasje opnij besjoen.

The situation will be reviewed next year.

Hy waard ferline jier feroardiele ta in selstraf fan achttjin jier .

He was sentenced last year to a solitary sentence of eighteen years.

Earder dit jier wûn er yn deselde lotterij ek al in miljoen.

Earlier this year he also won a million in the same lottery.

It tal oanmeldingen leit dit jier sa'n fjirtich prosint heger as ferline jier .

The number of applications this year is about forty percent higher than last year.

It tal oanmeldingen by de skoalle is dit jier bot groeid.

The number of applications to the school has grown significantly this year.