Bier

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Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) beer (alcoholic beverage fermented from starch material; a serving of this beverage)
  2. (figuratively, informal, neuter, strong) business, beeswax (personal affairs)

Synonyms

Maurerbrause

Hopfentee

Hopfen und Malz

Arzneitrank

Lowine

obergäriges Bier

Äl

Bölkstoff

Krawallbrause

Flüssigbrot

Gerstenkaltgetränk

Gerstenkaltschale

kühles Blondes

Ballerbrühe

Stout

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

bier

Zürich

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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