Deer

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deer"

English

Etymology

Probably from Pictish *deru (“oak”).

Proper noun

Deer

  1. Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
  2. A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.

Translations

See also

  • East Deer (Pennsylvania township)
  • West Deer (Pennsylvania township)

German Low German

Noun

Deer n (plural Deren)

  1. alternative form of Deert

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • tier (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

    From Central Franconian Dür, from Middle High German tür, from Old High German turi, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈteːa/
    • Rhymes: -eːa
    • Syllabification: Deer
    • Homophone: deer

    Noun

    Deer f (plural Deere, diminutive Deerche)

    1. door
      Mach die Deer uff.
      Open the door.
      Die Deer is uffgang.
      The door is open.

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Deer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 32, column 2

    Rhine Franconian

    Alternative forms

    • Diir

    Noun

    Deer f

    1. (Palatine) door

    Descendants

    • Pennsylvania German: Dier
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