Meer

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari. Cognate with German Meer, Dutch meer (“lake”), English mere (“sea, lake”).

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /meːr/

Meer n (plural Meer)

1. sea

• IPA^(key): /meːr/, [mɪːr]

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• Hyphenation: Meer
• Rhymes: -eːr
• Homophones: meer, Mheer

First attested as 't Meer in 1838-1857. Derived from meer (“pool, marsh”).

Meer n

1. A hamlet in Eersel, North Brabant, Netherlands

First attested as mederen in 1333. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch mede (“middle, mid-”) and Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”).

Meer n

1. A hamlet in Twenterand, Overijssel, Netherlands

• Noord-Meer

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

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

• IPA^(key): /meːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Meer
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
• Homophone: mehr

Meer n (strong, genitive Meeres or Meers, plural Meere)

1. sea

   Synonym: See f

2. (archaic, except in placenames) lake

   Synonym: See m

• meerartig

• “Meer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Meer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Meer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Meer” in Duden online

From Middle High German mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɐ/

Meer n (plural Meer)

1. sea

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Meer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108