Ehre

See also: ehre

German

Alternative forms

• Ehr, Ehr' (now poetic or dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German ēre, Old High German ēra (“honour, fame, sense of honour”). Cognate with Old Norse eir (“pardon, gentleness”), Old Saxon ēra (“honour, protection, pardon, gift”), Old English ār (“honour, help, pardon”) Latin aes-tumare (“to acknowledge, value”). From Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːʁə/

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Noun

Ehre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)

1. honour; honor
2. credit
3. kudos

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ehrbar
• Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt
• ehrenamtlich
• Ehrendoktor
• Ehrengast
• ehrenhaft
• Ehrenmord
• ehrenvoll
• Ehrenwort

• Ehrgeiz
• ehrgeizig
• ehrlich
• ehrsam
• ehrwürdig
• verehren
• viel Feind, viel Ehr
• zu Ehren von (“in honor of”)

Further reading

• “Ehre” in Duden online

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Pennsylvania German

Noun

Ehre

1. plural of Ehr