meer
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See mere.
NounEdit
meer (plural meers)
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
meer (comparative meerer, superlative meerest)
- 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 […]
- 1742, Isaac Watts, Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects:
- And so we may have an ever-growing Idea of infinite Number as well as infinite Space or Emptiness, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Existence without us.
Etymology 3Edit
See mayor.
NounEdit
meer (plural meers)
ReferencesEdit
- “meer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
meer (plural mere)
SynonymsEdit
Alemannic GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
AdverbEdit
meer
ReferencesEdit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
NounEdit
meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)
Derived termsEdit
-in hydronyms and toponyms:
- Abcoudermeer
- Achtermeer
- Alkmaardermeer
- Amstelmeer
- Bankrasmeer
- Belmermeer
- Bergermeer
- Berkmeer
- Bijlmermeer
- Boekelermeer
- Bozenmeertje
- Braasemmermeer
- Brielse Meer
- Buikslotermeer
- Canadameer
- Daalmeer
- Dergmeer
- Diepsmeer
- Dilifmeer
- Donkmeer
- Drontermeer
- Eeltjemeer
- Eemmeer
- Egmondermeer
- Foxholstermeer
- Goese Meer
- Gooimeer
- Grevelingenmeer
- Haarlemmermeer
- Heegermeer
- Heilooërmeer
- Hondshalstermeer
- Hornmeer
- Idskenhuistermeer
- IJmeer
- IJsselmeer
- Jentjemeer
- Kadoelermeer
- Kennemermeer
- Ketelmeer
- Kinselmeer
- Koetermeer
- Koevordermeer
- Kooimeer
- Lauwersmeer
- Leekstermeer
- Lutkemeer
- Markermeer
- Markiezaatsmeer
- Naardermeer
- Nieuwe Meer
- Oldambtmeer
- Ookmeer
- Paterswoldsemeer
- Pikmeer
- Rauwse Meer
- Schaalsmeer
- Schagermeer
- Scheemdermeer
- Schildmeer
- Schulensmeer
- Slotermeer
- Sneekermeer
- Speketersmeer
- Spieringmeer
- Starnmeer
- Stommeer
- Tjeukemeer
- Uddelermeer
- Uitgeestermeer
- Veluwemeer
- Vollenhovermeer
- Vossemeer
- Vroonermeer
- Watergraafsmeer
- Wijmermeer
- Woudmeer
- Zijdelmeer
- Zoetermeer
- Zuidlaardermeer
- Zwijnsmeer
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: meer
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.
DeterminerEdit
meer
- comparative degree of veel; more.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
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.
AdverbEdit
meer
HunsrikEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronounEdit
meer
InflectionEdit
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
| 1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich | meer | mer | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de | dich | deer | der | |
| 3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
| 3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das | 's | es | ihm | em | |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
| 2nd person plural | deer | der | eich | |||
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |
Etymology 2Edit
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”).
PronounEdit
meer
- stressed dative of ich.
InflectionEdit
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
| 1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich | meer | mer | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de | dich | deer | der | |
| 3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
| 3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das | 's | es | ihm | em | |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
| 2nd person plural | deer | der | eich | |||
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |
Further readingEdit
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
meer
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier mêe, modified by analogy with the adjective mêre.
AdverbEdit
mêer
- Alternative form of mêe
Further readingEdit
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “meer (IX)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IX
NawdmEdit
NounEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane; Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary[1], SIL International