iver

See also: Iver, íver, and ivèr

English

Adverb

iver (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Alternative spelling of ever.

Anagrams

• Rive, Irve, vier, vire, rive

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German îver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːvər/, [ˈiːˀvɐ], [ˈiːˀwɐ], [ˈiwˀɐ]

Noun

iver c (singular definite iveren, not used in plural form)

1. eagerness, zeal
2. ardour

Declension

Declension of iver

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	iver	iveren
genitive	ivers	iverens

Synonyms

• ivrighed

References

• “iver” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /iːvər/

Noun

îver

1. zeal, eagerness, striving to reach something
2. rage, frenzy, ire

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German îver, via Danish iver.

Noun

iver m (definite singular iveren)

1. ardency; eagerness; keenness
2. ardour (UK), ardor (US)
3. zeal

Related terms

• ivrig

References

• “iver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German îver, via Danish iver.

Noun

iver m (definite singular iveren)

1. ardency; eagerness; keenness
2. ardour (UK), ardor (US)
3. zeal

Related terms

• ivrig

References

• “iver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• ivern, hyveir, yver

Etymology

From Late Latin hībernum. Attested from the early 12th century.

Noun

iver oblique singular, m (oblique plural ivers, nominative singular ivers, nominative plural iver)

1. winter

Descendants

• Middle French: hyver, yver
  • French: hiver
• Norman: hivé
• Walloon: ivier

References

• “iver1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьverъ.

Noun

ȉvēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling и̏ве̄р)

1. woodchip

Usage notes

This word has no plural, but the collective noun ìvērje is used instead.

Declension

Declension of iver

	singular
nominative	ȉvēr
genitive	ȉvera
dative	ȉveru
accusative	ȉvēr
vocative	ȉvere
locative	ivèru
instrumental	ȉverom

Further reading

• Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “iver”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 103

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German īwer, possibly originally from Proto-West Germanic *aibr, from Proto-Germanic *aibraz (“sharp, bitter, vehement, dire, violent”, adj.).

Cognate with Danish iver, Norwegian Bokmål iver, Norwegian Nynorsk iver, German Eifer, Luxembourgish Äifer, Dutch ijver and Afrikaans ywer.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gotland); “en iver”:

  (file)

Noun

iver c (uncountable)

1. eagerness (fervor or devotion)

Declension

Declension of iver

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	iver	ivers
	definite	ivern	iverns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• ivra
• ivrare
• ivrig

See also

• nit

References

• “iver”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• iver in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)