weer
Meaning
-
- again, once more
- back
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋeːr/
Etymology
Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).
New
weren
-
- (transitive) to hold back, to keep out
- (reflexive) to defend oneself, to put up resistance
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