ver

ver (plural vers)

1. Abbreviation of version.

• ERV, Rev, Rev., VRE, ev'r, rev, rev.

From Dutch ver, from Middle Dutch verre.

• IPA^(key): /fɛr ~ fær/, (also) /fɛːr ~ fæːr/

ver (attributive verre or (less often) ver, comparative verder, superlative verste)

1. far, distant

• vêr, fêr (obsolete)

• verte

See the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /fər/

ver

1. Obsolete spelling of vir.

Unknown. Maybe related to urë.

ver m (plural verra)

1. (architecture) arch

• veru

From Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) vērus. Compare Romanian văr.

ver m (plural veri, feminine equivalent vearã)

1. (male) cousin

   Synonyms: cusurin, cusurin-ver

From Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/, [ˈbeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ver

ver

1. to see

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Inherited from Old Catalan ver, from Latin vērus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛr]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈveɾ]

ver (feminine vera, masculine plural vers, feminine plural veres)

1. (archaic or Balearic, Alghero) true, real

   Synonym: veritable

• verídic
• veritat

• “ver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• verre (archaic)

From earlier verre, from Middle Dutch verre, Old Dutch ferro, from Proto-West Germanic *ferrō, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go over”). Originally solely an adverb, adjectival usages represent a secondary development visible in many Germanic languages.

The now-obsolete sense of "by far" was already present in the Middle Dutch word, and survived until as late as the nineteenth century.

The inflected adjective form verre was historically sometimes re-formed as verde (see there for more).

• IPA^(key): /vɛr/

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• Hyphenation: ver
• Rhymes: -ɛr

ver

1. far

   Antonyms: nabij, dichtbij

   Hij kwam ver, maar faalde alsnog. ― He came far, but failed nonetheless.

2. (obsolete) by far

   Synonym: verreweg

   Deze methode is ver de beste. ― This method is the best by far.

• Beyond the derivations listed below, the archaic form verre is also still regularly encountered in phrases such as verre van ("far from").

ver (comparative verder, superlative verst)

1. far, distant

   Antonyms: dichtbij, nabij

   Hij reist naar verre oorden. ― He travels to distant places.

Declension of ver
uninflected	ver
inflected	verre
comparative	verder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		ver	verder	het verst het verste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	verre	verdere	verste
	n. sing.	ver	verder	verste
	plural	verre	verdere	verste
definite		verre	verdere	verste
partitive		vers	verders	—

• Afrikaans: ver
• Berbice Creole Dutch: faru
• Javindo: fer
• Negerhollands: ver

• IPA^(key): /veːɹ/

  Rhymes: -eːɹ

From Proto-Germanic *wazą. Related to Icelandic ver, Danish vår, Swedish var, all meaning the same, and Norwegian ver, vær, meaning the same, but also “bag, jar, place to store things”.

ver n

1. a cover made of cloth (e.g. a pillow case or duvet cover)

   Synonym: vor

Declension of ver
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ver	verið	ver	verini
accusative	ver	verið	ver	verini
dative	veri	verinum	verum	verunum
genitive	vers	versins	vera	veranna

See vera.

ver

1. be singular imperative of vera

   kom og ver hjá mær

   come and be at my side

Conjugation of vera (irregular)
infinitive	vera
supine	verið
participle	verandi	-
	present	past
first singular	eri	var
second singular	ert	vart
third singular	er	var
plural	eru	vóru
	imperative
singular	ver!
plural	verið!

Inherited from Old French ver, verm (“worm”), from Latin vermem (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /vaɛ̯ʁ/

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• Hyphenation: ver
• Homophones: vair, vairs, verre, verres, vers, vert, verts

ver m (plural vers)

1. worm

• “ver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician-Portuguese veer, from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō (“to see”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/ [ˈbeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ver

ver (first-person singular present vexo, first-person singular preterite vin, past participle visto)
ver (first-person singular present vejo, first-person singular preterite vim or vi, past participle visto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to see

• mirar

• “ver”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Of unknown origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛr]

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• Rhymes: -ɛr

ver

1. (transitive) to beat, bang, throb
2. (transitive) to mill
3. (transitive, of coins) to mint, strike
4. (intransitive) to pant, palpitate

(With verbal prefixes):

• ver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

  Homophone: Ver

From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.

ver m (genitive singular vers, nominative plural verar)

1. (poetic, literary) a husband

   Synonyms: bóndi, eiginmaður, ektamaður, maður

2. (poetic, literary) a man (male)

   Synonyms: karl, karlmaður, maður

A 19th century alteration of earlier vör, from Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.

• var, vör

ver m (genitive singular vers, nominative plural verir) or (regionally)
ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. a line in the water made by the movement of an oar or a boat

   Synonyms: (of an oar) árarfar, (of a boat) kjölrák

From Old Norse ver, of the same meaning. Origin uncertain, but probably related to vari (“liquid”) and to Old English wær (“sea”).

ver n (genitive singular vers, no plural)

1. (poetic) the sea, the ocean

The same as Norwegian vær (“fishing harbor, fishing village”), other cognates including Old English wer (whence modern English weir), Old Saxon werr, Middle Low German were/wer, Middle High German wer (whence German Wehr). Probably from Proto-Germanic *warjaz, *warją (“dam, weir”), related to vör f (“landing space for a boat”) and to verja (“protect”). The root meaning would then be a guarded or fenced off place.

ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. fishing center
2. a place where a flock of birds makes its nests (and eggs may be gathered or birds caught)
3. a wet grassy spot in an otherwise inhospitable area; oasis

   (in this sense common as a suffix in place names:) Eyvindarver, Þjórsárver

4. (as a suffix) production facility

   ‎kvikmynd (“movie”) + ‎ver → ‎kvikmyndaver (“movie studio, movie production facility”)

   ‎ál (“aluminum”) + ‎ver → ‎álver (“aluminum production facility”)

5. a generic suffix for proper names of community centers, shopping centers, or names of businesses

From Proto-Germanic *wazą. Related to Faroese ver, Danish vår, Swedish var, all meaning the same, and Norwegian ver, vær, meaning the same, but also “bag, jar, place to store things”. Compare vasi (“pocket”).

ver n (genitive singular vers, nominative plural ver)

1. a cover made of cloth (e.g. a pillow case or duvet cover)

See verr.

ver

1. (nonstandard) comparative degree of illa

   standard form: verr

See vera.

ver

1. singular imperative of vera (“to be”)

See verja.

ver

1. first-person singular indicative of verja

   Ég ver hann. ― I defend him.

2. third-person singular indicative of verja

   Hann ver mig. ― He protects me.

3. singular imperative of verja

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• Árni Böðvarsson (editor). Íslensk orðabók, 2nd edition, 12th printing (2000). Reykjavík, Mál og Menning. →ISBN
• Orðapistill um ver

ver

1. true

From Proto-Italic *wezor (stem *wezn-), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The original Italic form gave *veror, genitive *vēnis, with -s- lost before -n- with lengthening of the preceding vowel, as is usual in Latin. The -n- of the genitive stem was then replaced by the -r- of the nominative, and the genitive stem was then extended back to the nominative.^[1]

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, “morning”) and वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring”), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), and Russian весна́ (vesná).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːr/, [u̯eːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver/, [vɛr]

vēr n (genitive vēris); third declension

1. spring (season)

   Coordinate terms: aestās, autumnus, hiems

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 46:

     Iam vēr ēgelidōs refert tepōrēs,
     iam caelī furor aequinoctiālis
     iūcundīs Zephyrī silēscit aurīs.
     Linquantur Phrygiī, Catulle, campī
     Nīcaeaeque ager ūber aestuōsae:
     ad clārās Asiae volēmus urbēs.
     Iam mēns praetrepidāns avet vagārī,
     iam laetī studiō pedēs vigēscunt.
     Ō dulcēs comitum valēte coetūs,
     longē quōs simul ā domō profectōs
     dīversae variae viae reportant.

     • Translation by Wikisource

       Now spring brings back the thawed-out warmth,
       now the raging of the equinoctial sky
       subsides with the sweet breezes of Zephyr.
       Let the Phrygian plains be left behind, Catullus,
       and the rich land of sweltering Nicaea:
       let us fly away to the famed cities of Asia.
       Now my fluttering soul yearns to wander;
       now my joyful feet come alive with eagerness.
       Farewell, dear bands of fellow travellers,
       whom, having left home at the same time,
       split paths carry home by different routes.

   • c. 4th century, Tiberianus, Pervigilium Veneris 2:

     Vēr novum, vēr iam canōrum, vēre nātus orbis est.

     The spring is new, the spring is now melodious, in the spring was the world created.

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• Old Catalan: ver
• Vulgar Latin: *vēra, *vērānum (see there for further descendants)

• "ver", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ver”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 271

ver

1. inflection of vērt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of vērt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of vērt

• (Courland) ve'r

From Proto-Finnic *veri.

ver

1. blood

Inherited from Latin vērus (“true”). Cognate to Italian vero.

ver

1. true

ver

1. Alternative form of veir

An unstressed pronunciation, from Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for, before”). Cognate with German für, English for.

ver

1. for [with accusative]

• “ver” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

ver

1. imperative of vera (“to be”)

From Old Norse veðr n.

ver n (definite singular veret, indefinite plural ver, definite plural vera)

1. Alternative spelling of vêr

From Old Norse veðr m.

ver m (definite singular veren, indefinite plural verar, definite plural verane)

1. Alternative spelling of vêr

• “ver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• erv, rev, vêr

Inherited from Latin vēr (“spring”).

ver m

1. spring (season)
   • 1296 CE, Ramon Llull, Tree of Science (I, 89):

     En lo primer temps de ver en qui's fa la renovació de fulles flors e fruyts...

     At the beginning of spring when the regrowth of leaves, flowers, and fruits takes place...

• “ver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Germanic *warją.

ver n (genitive vers)

1. station for taking eggs, fishing, catching seals, etc.
2. (poetic) sea

   Synonyms: haf, sjór

• fiskiver
• selver
• útver

• Icelandic: ver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vær
• Norwegian Bokmål: vær

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ver n (genitive plural verja)

1. case, cover

• Icelandic: ver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: var, vær
• Norwegian Bokmål: var, vær
• →⇒ Middle English: pilwer
  • → Irish: piliúr

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ver

1. second-person singular present imperative active of vera

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ver

1. inflection of verja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular present imperative active

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ver

1. accusative singular indefinite of verr

• "ver", in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Compare German vor, Dutch voor, English fore.

ver

1. before

Also used in order to express a phrase where English would use ago, such as "ver drei Yaahre", which means "three years ago."

From Latin vērus (“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).

ver

1. true

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veer, from Latin vidēre (“to see”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“I see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(ɹ)/
• Homophone: vê (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ver

ver (first-person singular present vejo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

2. (transitive) to see; to observe (to perceive with one’s eyes)

   Vejo duas pessoas.

   I see two people.

4. (intransitive) to see (to be able to see; not to be blind or blinded)

   Abriram uma escola para os que não veem.

   They've opened a school for those who cannot see.

6. (figurative, transitive) to see; to understand

   Vê o que eu quero dizer?

   Do you see what I mean?

8. (transitive) to see; to notice; to realise (to come to a conclusion) [with que (+ clause) ‘that ...’]

   Eu vi que todas essas pessoas querem que eu vá embora.

   I saw that all these people want me to go away.

10. (transitive) to check (to verify some fact or condition) [with subordinate clause]

    Veja se o jantar já está pronto.

    Check whether dinner is ready.

    Fomos ver quando é que os meteorologistas previam que ia chover.

    We went to check when the meteorologists predicted it was going to rain.

12. (intransitive) to check (to consult [someone] for information) [with com ‘someone’]

    Veja com a secretária se já enviaram o document.

    Check with the secretary whether the document has been sent.

14. (transitive) to watch (to be part of the audience of a visual performance or broadcast)

    Fiquei a tarde inteira vendo TV.

    I spent the whole afternoon watching TV.

16. (transitive) to see; to visit

    Ela veio me ver no hospital.

    She came to see me at the hospital.

18. (intransitive) to pay (to face negative consequences)

    Não acredito que mataram meu pai. Eles vão ver.

    I can’t believe they killed my father. They’ll pay.

20. (pronominal, copulative or auxiliary) to find oneself (to be in a given situation, especially unexpectedly) [with copulative noun or copulative adjective or gerund or past participle]

    Após meses gastando sem parar, João se viu enterrado em dívidas.

    After months spending non-stop, John found himself buried in debt.

22. (transitive, Brazil, informal) to get (used when ordering something from a waiter or attendant) [with para or indirect object pronoun ‘someone’]

    Por favor, me vê 500g de queijo.

    I would like 500 g of cheese, please.

    (literally, “Please, see me 500 g of cheese.”)

    Mandei o recepcionista ver um táxi para o meu pai.

    I told the receptionist to get a cab for my dad.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ver.

• (to be able to see): enxergar
• (to observe something): contemplar, enxergar, mirar, observar, olhar
• (to notice): perceber, notar
• (to witness): observar, testemunhar, presenciar
• (to understand): compreender, entender, sacar (slang)
• (to visit): visitar
• (to find oneself): encontrar-se

From Latin verres.

ver m (plural vers)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) wild boar (Sus scrofa)

• verr (Sursilvan)
• vier (Sutsilvan)

ver

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vaser

Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Cognate with English view, wit, wise. Compare the borrowed doublet vídeo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/ [ˈbeɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ver

ver (first-person singular present veo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

1. (transitive, literally) to see, to spot

   Vine, vi, vencí.

   I came, I saw, I conquered.

   Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero.

   Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money.

2. (transitive) to see, to look at, to view (perceive)

   Hmm. Ya veo...

   Hmm. I see...

   Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo.

   Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at [or see or view] the world.

3. (transitive) to see, to tell, to observe

   Puedo ver que no eres como el resto.

   I can tell you aren't like the rest of them.

4. (transitive) to see, to check (verify)

   Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa.

   Let me check if the coast is clear.

5. (transitive) to watch

   ver la televisión

   to watch television

6. (reflexive) to look, to seem

   Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi.

   You look so different since the last time I saw you.

7. (reflexive) to see oneself, to picture oneself

   Me veo así como un consejero, nada más.

   I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more.

8. (reflexive) to find oneself, to be

   Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil.

   We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question.

9. (reciprocal) to see one another

   Nos vemos!

   See you!

   (literally, “We'll see each other!)”)

This is one of three verbs to have an irregular indicative imperfect, alongside ser and ir. Ver's imperfect is a remnant of the Old Spanish veer (only the stem ve- is irregular, otherwise the endings are still regular). In some old texts and in rural speech the archaic preterite forms vide and vido can be found instead of the current vi and vio forms.

• “ver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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ver

1. second-person singular imperative of vermek

From a Romance language. Compare Spanish verdad and French vérité.

ver (nominative plural vers)

1. truth

• velat or verat