Waver

Waver

1. A river in northern Cumbria, England, which flows into the Solway Firth.

• Holme East Waver
• Waverton (Cumbria)

The hamlet in the Netherlands is first attested as wauere in 1217. The toponym is derived from the name of a forest, which derives in turn from a term cognate to German wabern (“undulate, waft”) and English waver. Compare Weiver, Waver, Waverley, Waverton and Wavertree.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: Wa‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

Waver n

1. Wavre, a town in Belgium.
2. A hamlet in Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “waver”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Ellipsis of Dark Waver.

Waver m (strong, genitive Wavers, plural Waver)

1. (dated slang) darkwaver, goth (fan of dark wave music)
   • 2013, Nilz Bokelberg, “Monday, you can fall apart”, in Endlich gute Musik‎, Dumont Buchverlag, →ISBN:

     Das haben halt die Waver gehört. Man muss sich in jungen Jahren ja auch dringend positionieren. Waver, die waren immer scheiße drauf. Waver waren fast so was wie Gruftis.

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• “Waver” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache