Ur
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).
Proper noun edit
Ur
- An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).
Proper noun edit
Ur
- (geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German ûr, which was inherited from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ur m (strong, genitive Ures or Urs, plural Ure)
Further reading edit
- Auerochse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Ur” in Duden online
- “Ur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
German Low German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Saxon ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Ur n (plural Uren)
- Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian form of Or (“ear”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Noun edit
Ur n (plural Urs)
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Ur f
- (historical) Ur