Beer

From Old English bearu (“grove”), from Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɚ/

Beer

1. A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.

• As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from Old English bār (“boar”).
• As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr.
• As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).

Beer

1. A surname.

• Mills, A. D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.

• Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

• IPA^(key): /beə̯/

From Middle High German bere f, from the plural of ber n, from Old High German beri.

Beer f (plural Beere)

1. (Moselle Franconian) berry (kind of fruit)

• The word has usually been restricted to a particular kind of berry depending on the dialect. Ripuarian has no general word at all.

From Middle High German bere m, from Old High German bero, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Beer m (plural Beere)

1. (Moselle Franconian) bear (animal)

• Bär (Ripuarian)

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Beer m (plural Beer)

1. (parts of western Moselle Franconian) beer

• Bier (predominant)

Beer f (genitive Beer, plural Beeren)

1. Obsolete form of Beere.

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːɐ/

Beer f (plural Beere, diminutive Beerche)

1. berry

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri. Compare German Beere, English berry, Swedish bär.

Beer f (plural Beere)

1. berry

From Middle High German bir, from Old High German bira. Compare German Birne, Dutch peer, English pear.

Beer f (plural Beere)

1. pear