empor

German

Etymology

With the assimilation -ntb- → -mp- (as in Wimper) from earlier entbor, itself an alteration of Middle High German embor, enbor, enbore, from a phrase en bor (“to(wards) (a) height”), of which the second word is from Old High German bor (“height, summit, peak”). Related to English bear (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpoːr/, [ʔɛmˈpoːɐ̯], [-ˈpɔɐ̯]

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Adverb

empor

1. (formal, dated outside of compounds) up, upward

   Synonyms: herauf, hinauf, rauf; hoch; aufwärts; nach oben

Derived terms

• Empore

Related terms

• empor-
• empören
• Empörung

Further reading

• “empor” in Duden online
• empor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “empor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache