er-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "er"
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *uz- in unstressed positions. The Middle Dutch er- prefix mostly merged with ver- and her- in Modern Dutch. The current prefix is therefore either a direct continuation of this prefix or loaned from Old High German ir-, Middle High German er-. A prefix with the same origin but in stressed positions is oor-.
PronunciationEdit
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PrefixEdit
er-
- Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates the cause or beginning of an action.
Derived termsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German ir-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
er-
- Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a successful conclusion, leads to the wanted result.
- Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates killing or dying.
- Prefix signifying a notion of getting something (either by conscious effort or (rarely) producing the effect of coming to have it unintentionally) by specific means.
- er- + arbeiten (“to work”) → erarbeiten (“to gain something by means of working for it”)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
- erbarmen
- erbauen
- erbeben
- erbeten
- erbetteln
- erbeuten
- erbieten
- erbitten
- erbrechen
- erbrüten
- ereignen
- erfahren
- erfassen
- erfechten
- erfinden
- erfochten
- erfolgen
- erforschen
- erfreuen
- erfrieren
- erfüllen
- ergänzen
- ergeben
- ergehen
- ergründen
- erhalten
- erhängen
- erheben
- erhellen
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German er-, from Old High German ir- or from Low German er-, from Middle Low German er-, from Old Saxon ā-, both from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
PrefixEdit
er-
- Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates an emphasizing meaning