eer

See also: -eer and e'er

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adverb

eer

  1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

eer (plural eers)

  1. honour

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːr/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: eer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

eer

  1. ere, before
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz.

Noun

eer n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper
  2. (obsolete) bronze
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eer

  1. inflection of eren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːɐ/

Pronoun

eer

  1. stressed dative of sie.

Inflection
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

Low German

Preposition

eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːr/

Adverb

êer

  1. earlier, previously
  2. formerly
  3. first, beforehand

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Conjunction

êer

  1. ere, before

Descendants
  • Dutch: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Preposition

êer

  1. before

Descendants

Further reading
  • “eer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eer (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eer (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
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