uhyre

From Middle Low German unhure, ungehure, compare German Ungeheuer, = un- +‎ geheuer (“pleasant”). The adjective has a cognate in Old Norse hýrr (“pleasant, friendly”), from Proto-Germanic *hiurijaz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈuˌhyˀɐ], [ˈuˌhyːɐ]

uhyre (uninflected)

1. enormous, huge, vast, immense

uhyre

1. extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, immensely

uhyre n (singular definite uhyret, plural indefinite uhyrer)

1. a monster

• “uhyre” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German unhure, ungehure.

uhyre (singular and plural uhyre)

1. enormous, huge, immense, colossal, gigantic, tremendous

uhyre

1. exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, tremendously, terribly

uhyre n (definite singular uhyret, indefinite plural uhyrer, definite plural uhyra or uhyrene)

1. a monster

• sjøuhyre

• “uhyre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• NAOB [1]

From Middle Low German unhure, ungehure.

uhyre (singular and plural uhyre)

1. enormous, huge, immense, colossal, gigantic, tremendous

uhyre

1. exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, tremendously, terribly

uhyre n (definite singular uhyret, indefinite plural uhyre, definite plural uhyra)

1. a monster

• sjøuhyre

• “uhyre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.