harre

See also: Harre and Härre

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

harre

1. inflection of harren:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

harre

1. alternative form of herre (“hinge”)
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 549-550:

     He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre,
     Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, [...]

     He was stoutly built, broad, a large-framed fellow,
     There was no door that he would not heave off its hinges, [...]

Etymology 2

Noun

harre

1. alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Sidamo

Harre.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo harree, Burji harre, Hadiyya halla and Kambaata harreta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾːe/
• Hyphenation: har‧re

Noun

harre f (singulative harrichcho m)

1. (collective) donkeys (Equus asinus)

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 38
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “harre”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Interjection

harre

1. archaic form of arre

Related terms

• harrear

Further reading

• “harre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025