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meer

See also: Meer and -meer

English

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Etymology 1

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See mere.

Noun

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meer (plural meers)

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

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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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

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See mayor.

Noun

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meer (plural meers)

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

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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meer (plural mere)

  1. lake
    Synonym: pan

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

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meer

  1. more

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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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

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meer

  1. (Uri) more

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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-in hydronyms and toponyms:

Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

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meer

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

Etymology 3

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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

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meer

  1. anymore, any longer
    Ik ben niet meer mee.
    I cannot follow anymore.
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Hunsrik

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Pronoun

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meer

  1. we
Inflection
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Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
proclitic enclitic stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
singular 1st person ich
eich 		-ich mich
meich 		meer mer
m'r
2nd person
(informal) 		du
dau/Dau 		-du, -de
-Dau, -De 		dich
deich/Deich 		deer der
d'r/D'r
3rd
person 		m er; där -er ihn en ihm em
f sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer
ehr 		re
n es; das
et, 't 		's es
et
-et, -'t 		ihm em
plural 1st person meer mer uns
uhs
2nd person deer
Ehr, Dehr 		der eich
Auch
3rd person sie; die -se sie se denne

Etymology 2

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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”).

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Pronoun

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meer

  1. stressed dative of ich
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Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
proclitic enclitic stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
singular 1st person ich
eich 		-ich mich
meich 		meer mer
m'r
2nd person
(informal) 		du
dau/Dau 		-du, -de
-Dau, -De 		dich
deich/Deich 		deer der
d'r/D'r
3rd
person 		m er; där -er ihn en ihm em
f sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer
ehr 		re
n es; das
et, 't 		's es
et
-et, -'t 		ihm em
plural 1st person meer mer uns
uhs
2nd person deer
Ehr, Dehr 		der eich
Auch
3rd person sie; die -se sie se denne

Etymology 3

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Noun

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meer n (plural meere)

  1. Wiesemann spelling of Meer

References

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  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “meer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108, column 2

Latin

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Verb

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meer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meō

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mêer ?

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

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Etymology 2

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

Adverb

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mêer

  1. Alternative form of mêe

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Nawdm

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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