Hure
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Hure
- A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
- 1987 June 29, “Mural Paintings On Display in Beijing”, in Beijing Review, volume 30, number 26, →ISSN, →OCLC, Culture/Science, page 29, columns 2–3:
- Situated to the east of the Inner Mongolian region, the Jirem League was the birthplace of the Qidan people in the 4th century AD, and was also a central region of the Liao Dynasty during the 10th-12th centuries. The people of the area enjoyed not only a high standard of living but a rich culture as well. The tomb mural paintings from the Qianwulibuge village in Hure Banner, Jirem League, are a typical example.
- 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire[1], Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
- The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.
Translations
banner
German
Alternative forms
- H*re (censored)
Etymology
From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuːʁə/
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uːʁə
Noun
Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)
- (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
- (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)
Declension
Declension of Hure [feminine]
Hyponyms
- Asphaltschwalbe f
- Bordsteinfreundin f
- Bordsteinschwalbe f
- Strichmädchen n
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Lower Sorbian: hura
Further reading
- “Hure” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hure” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hure” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Hure
- plural of Hur