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“Beer” or “Bier”

beer / bier are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

beer b·IH·r

  • nouna general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.

bier b·IY·r

  • nouna coffin along with its stand.
  • nouna stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“beer”

  • …opened in March 2006, serving beer made in its Glasgow Green…
  • …accused Chattox of turning his beer sour, and that she was…
  • …Negba, and one in Kfar Warburg.
  • Beer
  • …of beef, and production of beer, was a task delegated to…
  • …only at noon to Be'er Tuvia.
  • …a company into the Gedera–Bashit area.
  • …for its lagers and wheat beer, as well as for the…
  • …healthy, happy and prosperous in Beer Street, while in Gin Lane…
  • Burnley's Moorhouse's produces a beer called Pendle Witches Brew, and…

“bier”

  • …Anders Thomas Jensen and Susanne Bier and a post production drama…
  • Intravenous nerve block (Bier block) using guanethidine has been…
  • …church has a restored Victorian bier, found and restored by a

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