bier

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /biɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophone: beer

bier (plural biers)

1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act IV, scene 5:

     They bore him bare-faced on the bier.

2. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

• bier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Brie, brie

From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

• IPA^(key): /bir/, [biːr]

bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie)

1. beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
2. (countable) a serving of beer

• bierbottel
• bierglas

bier c

1. plural indefinite of bi

bier

1. present of bie

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

• IPA^(key): /bir/, [biːr]

• bier

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• Hyphenation: bier
• Rhymes: -iːr

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive biertje n)

1. (uncountable) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)

   Het is hier nu vooral feest en bier drinken.

   Here it's mostly partying and drinking beer.

2. (countable) a serving of beer
3. (countable) a variety of beer

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• Afrikaans: bier
• → Indonesian: bir
• → Japanese: ビール
  • → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
  • → Min Nan: bì-lù, bì-luh, bih-luh
• → Javanese: bir
• → Sranan Tongo: biri
  • → Aukan: bii
  • → Saramaccan: bíi

• brei

bier

1. Imperative singular of bieren.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of bieren.

From Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

bier n

1. beer

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: bier
  • Afrikaans: bier
  • → Indonesian: bir
  • → Japanese: ビール
    • → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
    • → Min Nan: bì-lù, bì-luh, bih-luh
  • → Javanese: bir
  • → Sranan Tongo: biri
    • → Aukan: bii
    • → Saramaccan: bíi
• Limburgish: beer
• → Old French: biere
  • Middle French: biere
    • French: bière
      • → Abenaki: labial (from "la bière")
      • → Khmer: ប៊ីយេរ (biiyɛɛ)
      • → Lao: ເບຍ (bīa)
      • → Vietnamese: bia
  • Norman: biéthe

• “bier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bier”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

bier m or f

1. indefinite plural of bie

bier f

1. indefinite plural of bie

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bier f (plural biern)

1. berry

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive bierke)

1. beer

• “bier (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011