Dier

• As an English surname, variant of Dyer.
• As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).

Dier

1. A surname.

• Deri, IDer, Reid, dire, drie, ired, ride

• IPA^(key): /diə̯/

From Middle High German dier, from Old High German *dior, West Central German variant of tior.

Dier n (plural Dier or Diere, diminutive Dierche) (most of Ripuarian; parts of Moselle Franconian, especially eastern dialects)

1. animal

• Deer (Kölsch, parts of Moselle Franconian and western Ripuarian)
• Deier (Middle Moselle)

See the main entry.

Dier f (plural Diere, diminutive Dierche)

1. (Moselle Franconian) alternative spelling of Dir (“door”)

From Middle High German tier, from Old High German tior. East Central German did undergo the shift West Germanic *d > t. Those dialects with modern ⟨d⟩ [d̥] show a later merger (so-called Konsonantenschwächung).

Dier n

1. (Upper Saxon) animal

From Middle High German dier, from Old High German *dior, West Central German form of tior.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːa/
• Rhymes: -iːa
• Syllabification: Di‧er
• Homophone: dier

Dier n (plural Diere, diminutive Dierche)

1. animal

   En Dier is rinkomm un hot alles gefress.

   An animal came in here and ate everything.

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Dier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Dier n (plural Dieren)

1. alternative form of Deert

From Middle High German düre, from Old High German duri, West Central German variant of turi.

• IPA^(key): [di(ː)ə̯], (enunciated also) [ˈdiː.ɐ]

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• Rhymes: -iːə
• Homophones: dier, dir, Dir

Dier f (plural Dieren)

1. door

From Middle High German düre, from Old High German duri, West Central German form of turi. Compare German Tür, Dutch deur, English door.

Dier f (plural Diere)

1. door

From Middle High German dier, from Old High German *dior, West Central German form of tior. Compare German Tier, Dutch dier, English deer, Swedish djur.

Dier n (plural Diere)

1. animal, beast