Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dier

/dˈiɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: di-er
IPA: /dˈiɚ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who dies.

name

Example Sentences

"It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier."
"1996, Turbonegro (band), I Got Erection Once a liver, now she's a dier"
"Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect."

Etymology

Etymology tree English die Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dier From die + -er.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

diers (plural)

Rhymes With

kia thier freer overseer meer nier heer melchior vanier sightseer prieur farrior

Questions

How do you pronounce dier?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈiɚ/.
What does dier mean?: One who dies.
Where does dier come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce dier

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