herra

See also: Herra, herrá, and herrå

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Basque

Noun

herra

1. hatred

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Finnish

Etymology

From Old Norse herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Cognates include Danish, Norwegian and Swedish herre, Icelandic herra, Dutch heer, German Herr. The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: her‧ra
• Rhymes: -erːɑ
• IPA^(key): /ˈherːɑ/

Noun

herra

1. mister, gentleman, sir (polite address)

   Anteeksi, herra ...

   Excuse me, sir ...

   Hyvät herrat!

   Gentlemen!

   Herra Virtanen, voinko puhua kanssanne?

   Mister Virtanen, may I speak with you?

2. lord (person having formal authority over others)
3. lord (person enjoying great respect in a community)
4. lord, master (owner)
5. capitalized (Herra), Lord (God)

Declension

Inflection of herra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		herra	herrat
genitive		herran	herrojen
partitive		herraa	herroja
illative		herraan	herroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		herra	herrat
accusative	nom.	herra	herrat
	gen.	herran
genitive		herran	herrojen herrainrare
partitive		herraa	herroja
inessive		herrassa	herroissa
elative		herrasta	herroista
illative		herraan	herroihin
adessive		herralla	herroilla
ablative		herralta	herroilta
allative		herralle	herroille
essive		herrana	herroina
translative		herraksi	herroiksi
instructive		—	herroin
abessive		herratta	herroitta
comitative		—	herroineen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• elää herroiksi
• herrajesta
• herrajestas
• herranjesta

• herranjestas
• herranen
• herraskainen

• herrastella
• herraus
• herroitella

Compounds

compounds

• aatelisherra
• feodaaliherra
• hallitusherra
• herrahissi
• herrainhuone
• herrainkaulus
• herrakansa
• herrakutsut
• herranterttu
• herraonni

• herraseura
• herraskartano
• herrasmies
• herraspoika
• herrasväki
• herraviha
• hoviherra
• kartanonherra
• kirkkoherra

• leskiherra
• linnanherra
• lääninherra
• maaherra
• nuoriherra
• pakkasherra
• rötösherra
• sotaherra
• vapaaherra

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Cognates include Danish, Norwegian and Swedish herre, Dutch heer, German Herr. The Old High German word originally meant “grey, grey-haired”, and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛrːa

Noun

herra m (genitive singular herra, nominative plural herrar)

1. lord, master
2. the Lord (God)
3. an honorific title for a bishop; Lord
4. an honorific title for a noble; Lord
5. an honorific title for the highest state officials, now especially the president, but also a sýslumaður (the local official of the state in each sýsla), ambassador, etc.; Excellency
6. mister (general honorific for a man, especially in writing; usually abbreviated: hr.)
7. a general deferential form of address to a male; sir
8. gentleman (general polite term for a male)

   dömur mínar og herrar

   Ladies and gentlemen.

Usage notes

Used as an honorific title (prenominally or on its own) for bishops and for the president of Iceland (also, especially historically, for some other dignitaries). Also used as a general courtesy title for men, equivalent to English mister, but then primarily in formal written correspondence and abbreviated hr. However, when it is used as an honorific title for bishops, presidents, etc., it should never be abbreviated. The equivalent female title is frú (in both contexts).

Declension

declension of herra

m-w1a	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	herra	herrann	herrar	herrarnir
accusative	herra	herrann	herra	herrana
dative	herra	herranum	herrum	herrunum
genitive	herra	herrans	herra	herranna

Derived terms

• andlangs herra
• dömur mínar og herrar
• herramaður

See also

• (archaic) herri

Verb

herra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative herraði, supine herrað)

1. (transitive) to knight or bestow nobility on
2. (transitive) to confer on someone the dignity of herra, allow someone to be called herra
3. (transitive) to address or refer to as herra (as should be done to bishops, etc.)

Conjugation

herra — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að herra
supine (sagnbót)		herrað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		herrandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég herra	við herrum	present (nútíð)	ég herri	við herrum
	þú herrar	þið herrið		þú herrir	þið herrið
	hann, hún, það herrar	þeir, þær, þau herra		hann, hún, það herri	þeir, þær, þau herri
past (þátíð)	ég herraði	við herruðum	past (þátíð)	ég herraði	við herruðum
	þú herraðir	þið herruðuð		þú herraðir	þið herruðuð
	hann, hún, það herraði	þeir, þær, þau herruðu		hann, hún, það herraði	þeir, þær, þau herruðu
imperative (boðháttur)	herra (þú)	herrið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	herraðu	herriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

herraður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	herraður	herruð	herrað		herraðir	herraðar	herruð
accusative (þolfall)	herraðan	herraða	herrað		herraða	herraðar	herruð
dative (þágufall)	herruðum	herraðri	herruðu		herruðum	herruðum	herruðum
genitive (eignarfall)	herraðs	herraðrar	herraðs		herraðra	herraðra	herraðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	herraði	herraða	herraða		herruðu	herruðu	herruðu
accusative (þolfall)	herraða	herruðu	herraða		herruðu	herruðu	herruðu
dative (þágufall)	herraða	herruðu	herraða		herruðu	herruðu	herruðu
genitive (eignarfall)	herraða	herruðu	herraða		herruðu	herruðu	herruðu

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Ingrian

Noun

herra

1. lord

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• herri

Etymology

From Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

Noun

herra m

1. mister, gentleman
2. sir

Descendants

• Icelandic: herri
• Faroese: harra, harri
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: herre
• Swedish: herre
• Danish: herre
• Gutnish: herre
• Finnish: herra
• Westrobothnian: harr, häärr

Verb

herra

1. (transitive) to confer with the title of "herra" upon a person

Conjugation

Conjugation of herra — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	herra
present participle	herrandi
past participle	herraðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	herra	herraða
2nd-person singular	herrar	herraðir
3rd-person singular	herrar	herraði
1st-person plural	herrum	herruðum
2nd-person plural	herrið	herruðuð
3rd-person plural	herra	herruðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	herra	herraða
2nd-person singular	herrir	herraðir
3rd-person singular	herri	herraði
1st-person plural	herrim	herraðim
2nd-person plural	herrið	herraðið
3rd-person plural	herri	herraði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	herra
1st-person plural	herrum
2nd-person plural	herrið

Conjugation of herra — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	herrask
present participle	herrandisk
past participle	herrazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	herrumk	herruðumk
2nd-person singular	herrask	herraðisk
3rd-person singular	herrask	herraðisk
1st-person plural	herrumsk	herruðumsk
2nd-person plural	herrizk	herruðuzk
3rd-person plural	herrask	herruðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	herrumk	herruðumk
2nd-person singular	herrisk	herraðisk
3rd-person singular	herrisk	herraðisk
1st-person plural	herrimsk	herraðimsk
2nd-person plural	herrizk	herraðizk
3rd-person plural	herrisk	herraðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	herrask
1st-person plural	herrumsk
2nd-person plural	herrizk

References

• herra in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press