eer

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See also: -eer and e'er

English

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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eer

  1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

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eer (plural eers)

  1. honour

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

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eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

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eer

  1. ere, before (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

Noun

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eer n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper
  2. (obsolete) bronze
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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eer

  1. inflection of eren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Old High German iru, iro.

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Pronoun

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eer

  1. stressed dative of sie.

Inflection

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Further reading

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Low German

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Preposition

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eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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êer

  1. earlier, previously
  2. formerly
  3. first, beforehand

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Conjunction

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êer

  1. ere, before

Descendants

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Preposition

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êer

  1. before

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