newer

English

Etymology

From Middle English newer, newere, from Old English nīwra, from Proto-Germanic *niwizô (“newer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), equivalent to new +‎ -er. Cognate with West Frisian nijere (“newer”), Dutch nieuwere (“newer”), German neuer (“newer”), Danish nyere (“newer”), Swedish nyare (“newer”), Icelandic nýrri (“newer”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

newer

  1. comparative form of new: more new, more recent.
    • 2011, Bambi Nancy Shen, “My Word Is My Bond”, in The Uncrushable Rose: A Memoir from Concentration Camp to Becoming a Free Woman‎[1] (Memoir), Kansas City, Missouri: How High The Moon Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:
      After we stayed through that lease, I had her move to a good, safe area in a newer suburb of Taipei, in the Nei Hu district, where I negotiated her rent down to US$500 a month.

Anagrams

German

Adjective

newer

  1. comparative degree of new

Adjective

newer

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