Heer

From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hērro (“master”), comparative of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray; aged, old, distinguished”).

Cognate with German Herr (“Mr.; gentleman; master; Lord”), Dutch heer (“lord, master; gentleman”), English hoar (“greyish-white; antiquity”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“swarthy, dark; gloomy, depressed”).

Heer m

1. (Uri, Christianity) pastor

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.

• IPA^(key): /ɦeːr/

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• Hyphenation: Heer
• Rhymes: -eːr
• Homophone: heer

From heer (“lord”). The archaic form Here is also still in common use among Christians (whereas here is obsolete as a common noun).

Heer m

1. (Christianity) Lord, God

   Heer, ontferm U over ons. ― Lord, take pity on us.

   Here, zegen deze spijze. ― Lord, bless this meal.

• Here, Heere

First attested as in heere in 1176. Derived from Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”). Formerly an independent village.

See also Limburgish Hier.

Heer n

1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

 

From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).

Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”))), Dutch heer (“army”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised.^[1] False cognate of Spanish ejército, from Latin exerceo ("I exercise, I oversee").

• IPA^(key): /heːr/, [heːɐ̯], [hɛɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

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• Homophones: her, hehr
• Homophone: Herr (common merger)

Heer n (strong, genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)

1. (collective, military, in the plural) army (ground forces)

   Synonym: Landstreitkräfte

• Armee

• “Heer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Heer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Heer” in Duden online
• “Heer” in OpenThesaurus.de
•   Heer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari. Cognates include West Frisian hear and German Heer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːr/
• Hyphenation: Heer
• Rhymes: -eːr

Heer n (plural Here)

1. army

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Heer”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN