vier

See also: Vier and vièr

English

Etymology

From vie +‎ -er.

Noun

vier (plural viers)

  1. One who vies for something.
    • 1991, Diane Lynch Fraser, Playdancing (page 90)
      Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Afrikaans cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : vier
    Ordinal : vierde

Etymology

From Dutch vier, from Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

vier

  1. four

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiər/

Numeral

vier

  1. four

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiə̯/

Numeral

vier

  1. (most dialects) four

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vier, from Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /viːr/
    audio (Belgium)(file)
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /viər/, /viːr/
    audio (Netherlands)(file)

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : vier
    Ordinal : vierde

vier

  1. four

Verb

vier

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vieren
  2. imperative of vieren

German

German cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : vier
    Ordinal : vierte

Etymology

From Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Compare Dutch vier, English four, Danish fire, Swedish fyra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːɐ̯/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Numeral

vier

  1. four
    • 1682, Benignus Kybler, WunderSpiegl Oder Göttliche Wunderwerck. Dritter und letzter Theil, p. 144:
      Bey Ablauffung der fünfften Wochen/ erschine ihr die Himmel-Königin abermahlen/ vnd raichet ein Himmlisches Getranck dar/ welches sie mit allgebürender Ehrerbütigkeit angenommen vnd genossen/ zumahlen sich dermassen erhollet hat / daß ihre Stärcke vnnd Leibs-Kräften weit grösser dann zuvoren/ nit leicht auch von vieren Männern kundte überwunden werden.
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Declension

Normally uninflected, but note the following:

  • viere (now colloquial; used independently of a noun, e.g. die Turmuhr schlug viere (“the clock tower struck four”))
  • genitive: vierer (literary; e.g. nach Verlauf vierer Jahre (“after the course of four years”))
  • dative: vieren (literary; now used independently of a noun, e.g. der letzte von vieren (“the last of four”))

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • Vierzeiler

Further reading

  • vier in Duden online

Latin

Verb

vier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of viō

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch viuwar, vier, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

vier

  1. four
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

vier n

  1. (Flemish, sometimes Brabantian) Alternative form of vuur

Further reading

  • “viere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vier (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vier

  1. present tense of vie

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German fior, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare German vier, Dutch vier, English four.

Numeral

vier

  1. four

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

vier

  1. First-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of vir
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) future subjunctive of vir

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin verrēs.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /vjer/

Noun

vier m (plural vieri)

  1. (male) wild boar
Declension

See also

Etymology 2

From vie (“vineyard”), or from Latin vīneārius.

Alternative forms

  • viiariu (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /viˈer/

Noun

vier m (plural vieri)

  1. vintager
  2. (rare) vine grower
Declension

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vier, variant of vuur, from Old Dutch fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Noun

vier n

  1. fire
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