Ur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

Proper noun

Ur

1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Derived terms

• Royal Game of Ur

Etymology 2

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).

Proper noun

Ur

1. (geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

Anagrams

• Ru.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German ûr, which was inherited from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuːɐ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Uhr

Noun

Ur m (strong, genitive Ures or Urs, plural Ure)

1. aurochs

   Synonym: Auerochse

Further reading

• Auerochse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Ur” in Duden online
• “Ur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Alternative forms

• Uhr, Or

Noun

Ur n (plural Uren)

1. Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian form of Or (“ear”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun

Ur n (plural Urs)

1. aurochs

Spanish

Proper noun

Ur f

1. (historical) Ur