Wehr

See also: wehr

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːɐ̯/
  • Homophone: wer
  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn.

Noun

Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren)

  1. (archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard
  2. (informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr
Declension
Declension of Wehr [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wehr die Wehren
genitive einer der Wehr der Wehren
dative einer der Wehr den Wehren
accusative eine die Wehr die Wehren
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”). Cognate with German Low German Wehr, Dutch weer, English weir, Norwegian vær, Icelandic ver.

Noun

Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre)

  1. weir
  2. barrage
Declension
Declension of Wehr [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Wehr die Wehre
genitive eines des Wehres, Wehrs der Wehre
dative einem dem Wehr, Wehre1 den Wehren
accusative ein das Wehr die Wehre

1Now rare, see notes.

References

Further reading

  • “Wehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Wehr” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Wehr” in Duden online
  • Wehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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