waer

See also: wär and wær

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch war, wara, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

wāer

(interrogative, relative) where, in which place
(interrogative, relative) to where
(interrogative, relative) from where, whither
(relative) wherever, anywhere that

Alternative forms

war

Descendants

Dutch: waar

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Adjective

wâer

true, real, authentic

Inflection

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Descendants

Dutch: waar
Limburgish: waor

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

wâer

first-person and third-person singular past subjunctive of wēsen

Further reading

“waer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“waer (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“waer (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“waer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
“waer (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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