Meaning

  1. again; indicates that the action taking place has happened before
  2. back; indicates that the action will return something to its original state or position

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

wieder

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

wieder

Fribourg

Fribourg

wiider

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wider

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aaber

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wiider

Zürich

Zürich

wiedr

Aargau

Aargau

wider

Zürich

Zürich

wider

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

wider

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

wider

Bern

Bern

wider

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviːdɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wider, whence English widdershins via Middle Low German borrowing; from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“toward, against”). Cognate with English wither.

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