noun · rare

wether

wether · wethers

валух

Mönch, kastrierter Ziegenbock, Hammel, Schöps

A castrated goatA castrated goat.

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UK/ˈwɛðə/US/ˈwɛðɚ/

» I wonder whether the wether will weather the weather or whether the weather the wether will kill.

Ich frage mich, ob der Hammel die Witterung überstehen wird, oder ob die Witterung den Hammel umbringen wird.

Meaning

2 senses

A castrated goat.
Mönch, kastrierter Ziegenbock
male sheep especially a castrated one
A castrated ram.
Hammel, Schöps
валу́хvalúx

Examples

2 sentences

I wonder whether the wether will weather the weather or whether the weather the wether will kill.
deIch frage mich, ob der Hammel die Witterung überstehen wird, oder ob die Witterung den Hammel umbringen wird.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

castrated ram:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

castrated goat:

castrated ram:

Origin

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

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