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meer

See also: Meer and -meer

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

See mere.

Noun edit

meer (plural meers)

  1. A boundary.
  2. Obsolete form of mere (a lake).

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

meer (comparative meerer, superlative meerest)

  1. Obsolete form of mere.
    • 1720, John Enty, Truth and Liberty consistent:
      For, is this more contrary to Scripture […] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man […]
    • 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “Essay I. A Fair Enquiry and Debate Concerning Space. Sect[ion] XII. Space Nothing Real, but a Meer Abstract Idea.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, page 44:
      And ſo vve may have an ever-grovving Idea of infinite Number as vvell as infinite Space or Emptineſs, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Exiſtence vvithout us.

Etymology 3 edit

See mayor.

Noun edit

meer (plural meers)

  1. Obsolete form of mayor.
  2. Obsolete form of mair.

References edit

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun edit

meer (plural mere)

  1. lake
    Synonym: pan

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Determiner edit

meer

  1. more

Alemannic German edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German mēro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, Saterland Frisian moor, English more, Icelandic meira, Swedish mera, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adverb edit

meer

  1. (Uri) more

References edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun edit

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

  1. lake
    We gingen zwemmen in het meer. ― We went swimming in the lake.
    Het meer was kalm en helder. ― The lake was calm and clear.
    Er zijn veel vissen in dat meer. ― There are many fish in that lake.
  2. (obsolete, literary) sea
    Synonym: zee
Derived terms edit

-in hydronyms and toponyms:

Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Determiner edit

meer

  1. comparative degree of veel; more.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: meer
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mere
  • Jersey Dutch: mêr
  • Negerhollands: meer
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: maer

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch mēr. This form stood alongside the older Middle Dutch mêe, from Old Dutch *mē, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb edit

meer

  1. anymore, any longer
    Ik ben niet meer mee.
    I cannot follow anymore.
Derived terms edit

Hunsrik edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂.

Compare German wir, Pennsylvania German mer, Yiddish מיר (mir), English we.

Pronoun edit

meer

  1. we
Inflection edit
Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle High German mir (“me”), from Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English mē (“me”).

Pronoun edit

meer

  1. stressed dative of ich.
Inflection edit
Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

meer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meō

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch *mēri, from Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Compare Middle English mēre and Icelandic landamæri.

Noun edit

mêer ?

  1. border, boundary
  2. any marker for a border
Descendants edit
  • Dutch: (obsolete) meer

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From earlier mêe, modified by analogy with the adjective mêre.

Adverb edit

mêer

  1. Alternative form of mêe

Further reading edit

Nawdm edit

Etymology edit

Probably cognate with Kabiyé mɔɔʋ, Gur Lama mɩr, Mbelime míɛ́dè, Gourmanchéma míálì.

Noun edit

meer d (plural meera ɦa)

  1. nose
  2. trunk (of an elephant)
  3. snout (of a pig)
  4. muzzle (of an animal, as a cow)

References edit

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[1], SIL International
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