Uhr

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German ōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/

Noun

Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear

   Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.

   Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.

Alternative forms

• Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ūre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/ (in some dialects distinguished from etymology 1 by tone)

Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

1. (Ripuarian) watch; clock
2. (Ripuarian) o'clock

Alternative forms

• Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

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German

Alternative forms

• h (common abbreviation)

Etymology

From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːr/, [ʔu(ː)ɐ̯]

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• Homophones: ur-, Ur
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Noun

Uhr f (genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)

1. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)

   Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.

   Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.

   Wieviel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?

2. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)

   Meine Uhr geht nach.

   My watch is running slow.

3. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)

   Wasseruhr ― water meter

   Gasuhr ― gas meter

Derived terms

• Analoguhr
• Antik-Uhr
• Armbanduhr
• Atomuhr
• Automatikuhr
• Bahnhofsuhr
• Benzinuhr
• Blumenuhr
• Countdown-Uhr
• Damenuhr
• Digitaluhr
• Drehpendeluhr
• Eieruhr
• Funkuhr
• Gasuhr
• Herrenuhr
• Kirchturmuhr
• Kontrolluhr, Stechuhr, Stempeluhr
• Kuckucksuhr
• Laufuhr
• Messuhr
• Multifunktionsuhr
• Normaluhr
• Parkuhr
• Pendeluhr, Standuhr
• Quarzuhr
• Rubidiumuhr
• rund um die Uhr
• Sanduhr
• Schachuhr
• Schuluhr
• Sonnenuhr
• Spieluhr
• Sportuhr
• Stoppuhr
• Stromuhr
• Stundenglas
• Stutzuhr
• Tankuhr
• Taschenuhr
• Taucheruhr
• Turmuhr
• Uhrenfeder
• Uhrglasnagel
• Uhrmacher
• Uhrwerk
• Uhrzeit
• Wanduhr
• Wasseruhr

 

Further reading

• “Uhr” in Duden online

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German Low German

Noun

Uhr n (plural has not been set)

1. Alternative spelling of Ur

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Uhr, Dutch uur.

Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre)

1. clock
2. o'clock

Derived terms

• Hausuhr