See also: -eer and e'er

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

eer

  1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

NounEdit

eer (plural eers)

  1. honour

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /eːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

NounEdit

eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

PrepositionEdit

eer

  1. ere, before
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz.

NounEdit

eer n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper
  2. (obsolete) bronze
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

eer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eren
  2. imperative of eren

AnagramsEdit

HunsrikEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German iru, iro.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

eer

  1. stressed dative of sie.

InflectionEdit

Further readingEdit

Low GermanEdit

PrepositionEdit

eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

êer

  1. earlier, previously
  2. formerly
  3. first, beforehand

Alternative formsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

êer

  1. ere, before

DescendantsEdit

PrepositionEdit

êer

  1. before

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit