Waasser

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German wazzer, from Old High German wazzar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr. Cognate to German Wasser, Dutch water, English water, Danish vand, Swedish vatten, Icelandic vatn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːser/, [ˈvaː.sɐ]
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Noun

Waasser n (plural Wässer or Waasser or Waasseren)

(usually uncountable) water

Derived terms

Ofwaasser
Reewaasser

References

Gerald Newton, Luxembourg and Lëtzebuergesch: Language and Communication (1996)

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