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wier.

seaweed

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋir/[ʋiːr]
  1. seaweed

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”), possibly descended through Old Dutch from Proto-West Germanic *wair, related to *wīraz, or was borrowed from West Frisian. Cognate with dialectal English ware (“seaweed”), Old English wār (“seaweed”).

pron/ʋir/[ʋiːr]
  1. whose (feminine, plural)

    archaic · interrogative
  2. whose (feminine, plural)

    dated · relative
Where this word comes from

Equivalent to wie + -er (genitive feminine ending).

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