weer

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UK/wiː.ə/US/wiː.ɚ/

adjective

True; correct.

OriginOld English wær ← Proto-West Germanic *wār ← Proto-Germanic *wēraz →
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Meanings

weer1

adjectiveweer (comparative weerer, superlative weerest)

comparative weerer · superlative weerest

  1. obsoleteTrue; correct.

weer2

nounweer (plural weers)

plural weers

  1. UKcolloquialSomeone who wees; a urinator.

weer3

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of wee: more wee

    “Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”

    1924, Louis Joseph Walsh, “Yellow Man”, in Twilight Reveries, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., pages 44–45

Origin

weer · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁ros
  2. Proto-Germanic*wēraz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wār
  4. Old Englishwær
  5. Englishweer

Inherited from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. This word had always meant “true” ever since PIE times. It is cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar (“true”) and Latin verus (whence verity, verify and very), all likewise meaning “true”.

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weer · noun

From wee (“to pee”) + -er (agent suffix)

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weer · adjective

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

weer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weer

MLA

“weer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weer.

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