merrie

See also: Merrie

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch merrie, from Old Dutch *meria (compare Old High German meriha), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Cognate with West Frisian merje, German Mähre, English mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ri/

• merrie:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mer‧rie
• Rhymes: -ɛri

Noun

merrie f (plural merries, diminutive merrietje n, masculine hengst)

1. A mare, female equine (mostly horse)

Derived terms

• merriebron
• merriekachtel
• merriemelk
• merriepaard
• merrieveulen
• merriewreen
• stamboekmerrie

Related terms

• maarschalk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: merrie

See also

• nachtmerrie (not related, but connected through folk etymology)
• veulen