German Low German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately cognate to German aber. This and the Low German cognate of German oder are conflated in some dialects, resulting in both words being used with both meanings.

Conjunction

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awer

  1. (Low Prussian) but
    awer öck dachte...
    but I thought...
  2. (Low Prussian) or
    fîf awer sess?
    five or six?

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Old High German avur, from Proto-Germanic *afar, *abar, *abur (after, following), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (away, from).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.vəɾ/, /ˈawɐ/

Conjunction

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awer

  1. but; though
    Ich kann, awer ich will net.
    I can, but I don't want to.
    • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, page 30:
      awer, ap xeele, tanke, knaps – mas, descascar, agradecer, rarefeito.
      but, to peel, to thank, scarce – but, to peel, to thank, scarce
      (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)

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Luxembourgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German aver, from Old High German avur, afar. The expected form is *uewer; the a- is probably due to a levelling influence by cognate German aber, since the native forms show many variants (ower, iewer, iewel, ewel, partly through conflation with Middle High German *evenwal; compare Dutch evenwel).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːveʀ/, [ˈaːvɐ]

Conjunction

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awer

  1. but, however
    Ech drénke gär Téi, awer ech haasse Kaffi.I like to drink tea, but I hate coffee.

Synonyms

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Adverb

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awer

  1. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
    Dat ass awer deier.That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.
    Du bass awer grouss ginn!Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)
  2. nonetheless, nevertheless

Particle

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awer

  1. used to express astonishment, a reproach; but
    Dat dauert awer laang!
    But that takes a long time!

Pennsylvania German

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Conjunction

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awer

  1. Alternative form of awwer