Hure
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Hure
- A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China.
- 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire[1], Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
- The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.
Translations edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- H*re (censored)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)
- (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
- (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)
Declension edit
Declension of Hure [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Lower Sorbian: hura
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Noun edit
Hure