wetter

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English

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Etymology

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From wet ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wetter

  1. comparative form of wet: more wet.

Noun

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wetter (plural wetters)

  1. Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
  2. A wetting agent or surfactant.
  3. A bedwetter.
  4. (MLE, slang) A knife which is apt to do wettings (stabbings).
    • 2019 September 11, Yanko (lyrics and music), “Next Up”, in #ACGK‎[1], 1:49:
      Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding
      He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?

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Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą (“weather”).

Noun

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wetter n

  1. (Issime) rain

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wetter

  1. inflection of wett:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

West Frisian

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
    Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
    Proto-Germanic *watōr
    Proto-West Germanic *watar
    Old Frisian weter
    West Frisian wetter

    From Old Frisian weter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian wååder, Sylt North Frisian Weeter, Saterland Frisian Woater and Föhr-Amrum North Frisian weeder.

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    Noun

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    wetter n (plural wetters, diminutive wetterke)

    1. water

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    Further reading

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