Uhr
Central Franconian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German ōra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear
- Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.
- Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.
Alternative forms edit
- Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch ūre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Uhr f (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)
Alternative forms edit
- Ouher (Moselle Franconian)
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Uhr n (plural Uhrn)
Further reading edit
- * Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 2
- Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 10
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- h (SI symbol)
Etymology edit
From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure. Doublet of Jahr.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /uːr/, [ʔu(ː)ɐ̯]
- (Germany)
(file) - (Germany)
(file) - (Austria)
(file) - Homophones: ur-, Ur
- Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
Noun edit
Uhr f (genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)
- (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
- Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.
- Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.
- Wieviel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?
- clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
- Hyponyms: Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr
- Meine Uhr geht nach.
- My watch is running slow.
- (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
- Wasseruhr ― water meter
- Gasuhr ― gas meter
- (informal) clockwise direction
- Synonym: Uhrzeigersinn
- mit der Uhr ― clockwise
- gegen die Uhr ― widdershins, counterclockwise
Declension edit
Hyponyms edit
- Analoguhr
- Antik-Uhr
- Armbanduhr
- Atomuhr
- Automatikuhr
- Bahnhofsuhr
- Benzinuhr
- Blumenuhr
- Countdown-Uhr
- Damenuhr
- Digitaluhr
- Drehpendeluhr
- Eieruhr
- Funkuhr
- Gasuhr
- Herrenuhr
- Kirchturmuhr
- Kontrolluhr, Stechuhr, Stempeluhr
- Kuckucksuhr
- Laufuhr
- Messuhr
- Multifunktionsuhr
- Normaluhr
- Parkuhr
- Pendeluhr, Standuhr
- Quarzuhr
- Rubidiumuhr
- rund um die Uhr
- Sanduhr
- Schachuhr
- Schuluhr
- Sonnenuhr
- Spieluhr
- Sportuhr
- Stoppuhr
- Stromuhr
- Stundenglas
- Stutzuhr
- Tankuhr
- Taschenuhr
- Taucheruhr
- Turmuhr
- Wanduhr
- Wasseruhr
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
German Low German edit
Noun edit
Uhr n (plural has not been set)
- Alternative spelling of Ur
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Uhr, Dutch uur.
Noun edit
Uhr f (plural Uhre)