eer
English
Pronunciation
Adverb
eer
- (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)
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)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.
Conjunction
eer
- (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
Related 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)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
eer
- inflection of eren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- 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
- 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
- stressed dative of sie.
Inflection
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
- 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
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Conjunction
êer
Descendants
Preposition
êer
Descendants
- Dutch: eer
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