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See also: Dier

English

Etymology

From die +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#DIER.

Noun

dier (plural diers)Category:English lemmas#DIER Category:English nouns#DIER Category:English countable nouns#DIER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

One who dies.
- 1985, Don DeLillo, White Noise:
  It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DIER
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
- 2006, Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari:
  Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DIER

Usage notes

Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Compare deceased.

Anagrams

Deri, IDer, Reid, dire, drie, ired, ride

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dir/, [diːr]Category:Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation#DIER
Audio: (file)
Category:Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation#DIER

Noun

dier (plural diere)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#DIER Category:Afrikaans nouns#DIER Category:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

animal
beast; brute

Category:af:Animals#DIER

Dutch

Category:Visual dictionary

animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia)

Usage notes

Sometimes used as a term of endearment or flirtation, as in the phrase lekker dier.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch Category:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#DIER Category:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#DIER dier.

Determiner

dierCategory:Dutch lemmas#DIER Category:Dutch determiners#DIER Category:Dutch demonstrative determiners#DIER Category:Dutch possessive determiners#DIER Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

(demonstrative) her, their, the latter's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural of die)
De verdachte heeft zich samen met een vriend, haar dochter en dier vriend schuldig gemaakt aan de moord op haar echtgenoot [...] (from a verdict of the Court of Justice at 's-Gravenhage, 2011 )

The accused (woman) is guilty of having murdered her husband in cooperation with a friend, her daughter and the latter's friend [...]

Usage notes

Dier is used in a similar way as the possessive determiners haar and hun. It is rare in spoken Dutch, but used occasionally in writing to avoid confusion. Compare:

Zij vertelde van haar dochter en haar man. ― She told of her daughter and her (own) husband.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#DIER
Zij vertelde van haar dochter en dier man. ― She told of her daughter and the latter's husband.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#DIER

The corresponding masculine and neuter singular form is diens.

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of duur; compare besturen and bestieren, which displays the same alternation in vowels, arising from dialectal differences.

Adjective

dier (comparative dierder, superlative dierst)Category:Dutch lemmas#DIER Category:Dutch adjectives#DIER Category:Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines#DIER Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

(dialectal Category:Dutch dialectal terms#DIER, archaic Category:Dutch terms with archaic senses#DIER) alternative form of duur

Derived terms

dierbaar

Anagrams

drie, ried

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse Category:Elfdalian terms inherited from Old Norse#DIER Category:Elfdalian terms derived from Old Norse#DIER þeir, þær, from Proto-Germanic Category:Elfdalian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DIER Category:Elfdalian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DIER *þai.

Pronoun

dierCategory:Elfdalian lemmas#DIER Category:Elfdalian pronouns#DIER Category:Elfdalian personal pronouns#DIER Category:Elfdalian entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

they

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German Category:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German#DIER Category:Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German#DIER durri, from Proto-Germanic Category:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#DIER Category:Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DIER *þursuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diːr/, [diə̯], [ˈdiː.ɐ]Category:Luxembourgish 1-syllable words#DIER Category:Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation#DIER
Rhymes: -iːə Category:Rhymes:Luxembourgish/iːə#DIER Category:Rhymes:Luxembourgish/iːə/1 syllable#DIER
Homophones: Dier, dir, DirCategory:Luxembourgish terms with homophones#DIER

Adjective

dier (masculine dieren, neuter diert, comparative méi dier, superlative am diersten)Category:Luxembourgish lemmas#DIER Category:Luxembourgish adjectives#DIER Category:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#DIER Category:Pages with entries#DIER Category:Pages with 11 entries#DIER

(of plants and trees) dry, dead

Declension

Declension of *dier*
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		hien ass dier	si ass dier	et ass dier	si si(nn) dier
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	dieren	dier	diert	dier
nominative / accusative	independent without determiner	dieren	dier	dieres	dierer
dative	after any declined word	dieren	dierer	dieren	dieren
dative	as first declined word	dierem	dierer	dierem	dieren