Ur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

Proper noun

Ur

1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Derived terms

• Royal Game of Ur

Etymology 2

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).

Proper noun

Ur

1. (geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

Anagrams

• Ru.

German

Etymology

18th century, learned borrowing from Middle High German ūr(e), itself from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr. Displaced inherited Auer, which survives in the compound Auerochse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːr/, [ʔu(ː)ɐ̯]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Uhr

Noun

Ur m (strong, genitive Ures or Urs, plural Ure)

1. (higher register) synonym of Auerochse (“aurochs”)

Declension

Declension of Ur [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ur	die	Ure
genitive	eines	des	Ures, Urs	der	Ure
dative	einem	dem	Ur, Ure1	den	Uren
accusative	einen	den	Ur	die	Ure

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Auerochse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Ur” in Duden online
• “Ur”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

Etymology 1

Noun

Ur n (plural Uren) (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian)

1. alternative form of Ohr (“ear”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun

Ur n (plural Urs) (German Low German)

1. aurochs

Spanish

Proper noun

Ur f

1. (historical) Ur