See also: ehre

German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Ehr, Ehr' (now poetic or dialectal)

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːʁə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Ehre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)

  1. honour
    zu seinen Ehren
    in his honour
  2. credit
  3. kudos

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ehre”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

Hunsrik edit

Noun edit

Ehre

  1. plural of Eher

Pennsylvania German edit

Noun edit

Ehre

  1. plural of Ehr