Heer
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hērro (“master”), comparative of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray; aged, old, distinguished”).
Cognate with German Herr (“Mr.; gentleman; master; Lord”), Dutch heer (“lord, master; gentleman”), English hoar (“greyish-white; antiquity”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“swarthy, dark; gloomy, depressed”).
Noun
Heer m
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as in heere in 1176. Derived from Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”). Formerly an independent village.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heer n
- A neighbourhood and former municipality of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Hier (Limburgish, unofficial)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).
Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised [1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heːr/, [heːɐ̯], [hɛɐ̯]
- Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
Audio: (file) - Homophones: her, hehr
- Homophone: Herr (common merger)
Noun
Heer n (strong, genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)
- (collective, military, in the plural) army (ground forces)
- Synonym: Landstreitkräfte
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
References
Further reading
- “Heer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Heer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Heer” in Duden online
- “Heer” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Heer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari. Cognates include West Frisian hear and German Heer.
Pronunciation
Noun
Heer n (plural Here)
References
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German masculine nouns
- Urner Alemannic German
- gsw:Christianity
- gsw:Occupations
- gsw:People
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːr
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːr/1 syllable
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Neighbourhoods in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯
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- de:Military
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːr
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːr/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian neuter nouns
- stq:War