Ehre
See also: ehre
German edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German ēre, from Old High German ēra (“honour, fame, sense of honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.
Cognate with Old Norse eir (“pardon, gentleness”), Old Saxon ēra (“honour, protection, pardon, gift”), Old English ār (“honour, help, pardon”), and Latin aes-tumare (“to acknowledge, value”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ehre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)
Declension edit
Declension of Ehre [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ehre”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading edit
- “Ehre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ehre” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ehre” in Duden online
- Ehre on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Ehre” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik edit
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Ehre
Pennsylvania German edit
Noun edit
Ehre