neer

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See also: Neer, NEER, ŋeer, and ne'er

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Cognate with Dutch nier (kidney), Low German nere (kidney), German Niere (kidney), Swedish njure (kidney), Icelandic nýru (kidney), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (testicles), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, kidney, testicle).

Noun[edit]

neer (plural neers)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney.

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Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of neder.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /neːr/, [nɪːr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: neer
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • Homophone: Neer

Adverb[edit]

neer

  1. down, downwards
    De appel viel neer van de boom.
    The apple fell down from the tree.
    Ze keek neer naar de straat vanaf haar balkon.
    She looked down at the street from her balcony.
    De vogel vloog neer naar zijn nest.
    The bird flew down to its nest.

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Jersey Dutch: nêr
  • Negerhollands: neer

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Germanic language, possibly Middle Low German nēre (kidney). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *neurô (kidney)

Noun[edit]

neer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension[edit]

Declension of neer (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative neer neerud
accusative nom.
gen. neeru
genitive neerude
partitive neeru neere
neerusid
illative neeru
neerusse
neerudesse
neeresse
inessive neerus neerudes
neeres
elative neerust neerudest
neerest
allative neerule neerudele
neerele
adessive neerul neerudel
neerel
ablative neerult neerudelt
neerelt
translative neeruks neerudeks
neereks
terminative neeruni neerudeni
essive neeruna neerudena
abessive neeruta neerudeta
comitative neeruga neerudega

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

neer

  1. Alternative form of neere

Yola[edit]

Adverb[edit]

neer

  1. Alternative form of near
    • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
      Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.
      There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 111