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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.
Noun[edit]
heer (plural heers)
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch hērro, hēro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with English hoar, Old Norse hárr.
Noun[edit]
heer m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
heer n (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English hǣr.
Noun[edit]
heer (plural heers)
Descendants[edit]
- English: hair
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hæra (“grey hair”).
Noun[edit]
heer f (definite hera, dative heern)
Derived terms[edit]
- herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)
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- Dutch terms derived from the PIE root *ker-
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