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.

Conjunction

eer

  1. (formal or poetic) ere, before
    Eer de zon opkomt zal de daad geschied zijn.Ere the sun rises, the deed shall be done.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

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. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَكَرْ (ägär), from Persian اگر (agar). Compare Turkish eğer, Azerbaijani əgər.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeːr/, /jejer/

Conjunction

eer

  1. if
    eer isteersän sevilmää, sev
    If you want to be loved, love

Usage notes

  • Usually omitted during colloquial speech.

Further reading

  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 60
  • Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 30

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 stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
singular 1st person ich
eich
-ich mich
meich
meer mer
m'r
2nd person
(informal)
du
dau/Dau
-du, -de
-Dau, -De
dich
deich/Deich
deer der
d'r/D'r
3rd
person
m er; där -er ihn en ihm em
f sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer
ehr
re
n es; das
et, 't
's es
et

-et, -'t
ihm em
plural 1st person meer mer uns
uhs
2nd person deer
Ehr, Dehr
der eich
Auch
3rd person 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