swier

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swēriz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sviə̯r/

Adjective

swier

  1. heavy
  2. pregnant
  3. serious
  4. difficult

Inflection

Inflection of swier
uninflected swier
inflected swiere
comparative swierder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial swier swierder it swierst
it swierste
indefinite c. sing. swiere swierdere swierste
n. sing. swier swierder swierste
plural swiere swierdere swierste
definite swiere swierdere swierste
partitive swiers swierders —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “swier”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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