Béër

See also: beer, Beer, béer, beér, bëër, and be-er

Limburgish

Alternative forms
  • beer (etymology 1 and 2)
  • baer (etymology 3)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beə̯ʁ/
  • Hyphenation: Béër
  • Rhymes: -eə̯ʁ

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bêr, from Old Saxon bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

Béër n (plural Béëre, diminutive Bérreke)

  1. (Eupen) beer
Derived terms
  • Béërbokk
  • Béërflaïsch
  • Béërglaas
  • Béërpannsch
  • Schmoutbéër

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch bēro, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

Béër m

  1. (Eupen) boar (male swine)

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bēre, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun

Béër m (feminine Béërin)

  1. (Eupen) A bear, any member of the family Ursidae
  2. (figurative, Eupen) bear (someone or something bear-like, e.g. a sturdy man)
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