Wiktionary

err

See also: Err.

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)

  1. (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
    • 1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation‎[1], page 7:
      Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
    He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
  2. (intransitive) To sin.
  3. (archaic) to stray.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from "err"
TranslationsEdit
make a mistake — See also translations at be wrong
sin — see sin

Etymology 2Edit

InterjectionEdit

err

  1. Elongated form of er (“sound of hesitation”).
    Err... what did you just say?

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

NounEdit

err m

  1. dark, darkness

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EstonianEdit

NounEdit

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

FaroeseEdit

NounEdit

err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

DeclensionEdit

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative err errið err errini
Accusative err errið err errini
Dative erri errinum errum errunum
Genitive ers ersins erra erranna

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HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

err

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative err errek
accusative erret erreket
dative errnek erreknek
instrumental errel errekkel
causal-final errért errekért
translative erré errekké
terminative errig errekig
essive-formal errként errekként
essive-modal — —
inessive errben errekben
superessive erren erreken
adessive errnél erreknél
illative errbe errekbe
sublative erre errekre
allative errhez errekhez
elative errből errekből
delative erről errekről
ablative errtől errektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		erré erreké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		erréi errekéi
Possessive forms of err
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. errem errjeim
2nd person sing. erred errjeid
3rd person sing. errje errjei
1st person plural errünk errjeink
2nd person plural erretek errjeitek
3rd person plural errjük errjeik

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • r in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

DeclensionEdit

declension of err
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative err errið err errin
accusative err errið err errin
dative erri errinu errum errunum
genitive errs errsins erra erranna

VõroEdit

NounEdit

err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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