viur

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• fiur
• vūr, fūr (parts of Central German)
• viuwer (viwer), fiuwer (fiwer), veur, feur, veuer, feuer, vewer, fewer, vūwer, fūwer (chiefly Late MHG)

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fiur, from Proto-West Germanic *fuir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vyːr/, /fyːr/

Noun

viur n (genitive singular viures, plural viur)

1. fire

Declension

Declension of viur (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	viur	diu	viur
genitive	eines	dës	viurs, viures	dër	viur, viure
dative	eime	dëm	viur, viure	dën	viurn, viuren
accusative	ein	daȥ	viur	diu	viur

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Füür

  Alsatian: Fiir

  Swabian: Feier, Fuiet, Fuur, Feiar

  Walser: fir

• Bavarian: Faia, Feia

  Cimbrian: vôar, bôar, vaür

  Mòcheno: vaier

• Central Franconian: Füür, Feier, Fouer

  Hunsrik: Feier, fayer

• German: Feuer
• East Central German:

  Silesian East Central German: Feier

• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Faia

  Pennsylvania German: Feier

• Luxembourgish: Feier
  • Vilamovian: faojer
  • Yiddish: פֿײַער (fayer)