heer
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.
Noun[edit]
heer (plural heers)
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch heer, from Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch hērro, hēro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”).
Noun[edit]
heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)
Derived terms[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]
- baanderheer
- beheren
- beschermheer
- bouwheer
- domheer
- geneesheer
- hartenheer
- heerlijk
- heerlijkheid
- jonkheer
- kamerheer
- kapittelheer
- klaverheer
- kruisheer
- landsheer
- leenheer
- mijnheer, meneer
- predikheer
- raadsheer
- ruitenheer
- schoppenheer
- tafelheer
- wereldheer
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
heer n (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Related 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)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old High German
- Afrikaans lemmas
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːr
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːr/1 syllable
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker-
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch terms with archaic senses
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English lemmas
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- Westrobothnian terms inherited from Old Norse
- Westrobothnian terms derived from Old Norse
- Westrobothnian lemmas
- Westrobothnian nouns
- Westrobothnian feminine nouns