Neuter
Bier
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
- (figuratively, informal, neuter, strong) business, beeswax (personal affairs)
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Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
bier
Zürich
bier
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/biːɐ̯/
Etymology
From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, 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.
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