Er
See also: Appendix:Variations of "er"
Translingual
editSymbol
editEr
English
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish Er, or from Hokkien 余 (Îr) or Teochew 余 (e5).
Proper noun
editEr (countable and uncountable, plural Ers)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Er is the 61,436th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 327 individuals. Er is most common among White (63.91%) and Asian/Pacific Islander individuals (26.3%).
German
editAlternative forms
edit- er (for the pronoun; common spelling)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editEr m
Pronoun
editEr
- (archaic) you (form of address to a male person of lower social standing than the speaker)
- Was möchte Er von mir?
- What do you want from me?
- (literally, “What does he want from me?”)
- 1821, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years][1], volume 3:
- Der alte Herr empfing mich mit großer Gravität, besah mich von oben bis unten, als ob er meine Geschicklichkeit aus mir herausphysiognomieren wollte. "Versteht Er Sein Handwerk?" sagte er zu mir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
editThis form of address sounds very archaic and is only used humorously or in some dialects (especially Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg), sometimes called Berliner Er. The common polite form of address is Sie.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editTocharian B
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Uyghur Er (“man”). Compare Turkish Er, Kyrgyz Erjan, and many other Turkic names.
Proper noun
editEr m
- a male given name
Further reading
edit- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Er”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 98
Turkish
editProper noun
editEr
- a male given name
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