Jump to content

Deer

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Probably from Pictish *deru (oak), from Proto-Brythonic *dar.

Proper noun

[edit]

Deer

  1. Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
  2. A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Hunsrik

[edit]
En Deer

Alternative forms

[edit]
  • tier (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

[edit]

    Inherited from Central Franconian Dür.[1]

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]

    Deer f (plural Deere, diminutive Deerche)

    1. door
      Mach die Deer uff.
      Open the door.
      Die Deer is uffgang.
      The door is open.

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Deer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 32, column 2

    Low German

    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]

    Deer n (plural Deren)

    1. alternative form of Deert
    [edit]

    Rhine Franconian

    [edit]

    Alternative forms

    [edit]

    Etymology

    [edit]

    From Middle High German dur, from Old High German turi.

    Noun

    [edit]

    Deer f

    1. (Palatine) door

    Descendants

    [edit]
    • Pennsylvania German: Dier