Weer, weder, wederom?

by **Fria** » September 28th, 2010, 4:20 pm

(Maybe wrong forum, if so, pls move it to the proper one!)

I was told that weer means the same as wederom, but online I could only find weer and weder, not wederom. Are all 3 possible? If not, which are possible? Thanks!

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by **yohan** » September 28th, 2010, 6:10 pm

'Weer' has several different meanings in Dutch, including 'again' and 'weather'.

In the context you're mentioning it means 'again'. 'Wederom' is a synonym for 'weer', although it's a little old-fashioned. 'Weder' is really old, you can't use it anymore in modern Dutch.

by **Fria** » September 28th, 2010, 9:36 pm

Thx for clearing that up, I thought it was just the opposite, cos http://woordenlijst.org/ has weder, but not wederom! :-o

by **yohan** » September 28th, 2010, 9:58 pm

Fria wrote:Thx for clearing that up, I thought it was just the opposite, cos http://woordenlijst.org/ has weder, but not wederom!

Wederom is listed as well. If you wanna be safe however, just use 'weer'.

by **Fria** » September 28th, 2010, 10:19 pm

Sry, my bad ... will do so^^ ... and weer is shorter :-D

EDIT: I guess the reason for the oldfashioned ones is that in J&J stories might be some older expressions :!: