ur-

From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- (“thoroughly”),^[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer- and Dutch oor-, English or-.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʊə/, /ɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɝ/

ur-

1. Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
   • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute[1]:

     Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.

   • 2007, Max Rodenbeck, ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, volume 54, number 11:

     Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.

• arch-, archi-, archo-, eteo-

• Urheimat, urheimat

• Ru.

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).

• IPA^(key): /uɐ̯/, /uːɐ̯/
• Homophone: Uhr

ur-

1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original)

   ‎ur- + ‎Woid (“forest”) → ‎Urwoid (“primeval forest”)

   ‎ur- + ‎Knoi (“bang”) → ‎Urknoi (“Big Bang”)

2. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives

   ‎ur- + ‎Opa (“grandfather”) → ‎Uropa (“great-grandfather”)

   ‎ur- + ‎Großtant (“great-aunt”) → ‎Urgroßtant (“great-great-aunt”)

3. (chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna) very; used to intensify adjectives

   ‎ur- + ‎oid (“old”) → ‎uroid (“ancient”)

   ‎ur- + ‎teier (“expensive”) → ‎urteier (“very expensive”)

   ‎ur- + ‎klaa (“small”) → ‎urklaa (“very small, tiny”)

From German ur-.

ur-

1. ur-, proto-

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).^[1] Doublet of er-.

• IPA^(key): /uːɐ̯/, [ʔuːɐ̯] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʊʁ/, [ʔʊɐ̯] (by a common merger)

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• Homophone: Uhr (when standard and stressed)

ur-

1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original)^[1]

   ‎ur- + ‎Schrei (“scream”) → ‎Urschrei (“primal scream”)

   ‎ur- + ‎Wald (“forest”) → ‎Urwald (“primeval forest”)

2. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives

   ‎ur- + ‎Opa (“grandfather”) → ‎Uropa (“great-grandfather”)

3. (especially Austria) very; used to intensify adjectives

   ‎ur- + ‎alt (“old”) → ‎uralt (“ancient”)

   ‎ur- + ‎gemütlich (“cosy”) → ‎urgemütlich (“very cosy”)

• → English: ur-
• → Dutch: oer-

ur-

1. romanization of 𐌿𐍂-

From Old Irish air-, ur-. Akin to ar.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌɾˠ/

ur-

1. before, ante-, pro-
2. (intensifying) very
3. alternative form of for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”)

• an-
• ro-

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ur-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “air-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ur-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From German ur-.

ur-

1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
2. first, original
3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

• “ur-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German ur-.

ur-

1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
2. first, original
3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

• “ur-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-.

ur-

1. thoroughly^[1]

• Middle High German: ur-
  • German: ur-
    • → English: ur-
    • → Dutch: oer-
  • Yiddish: אור־ (ur-)

ur-

1. aboriginal, primeval, proto-, original (with general connotations of old)
2. (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-

   Synonyms: as-, gör-, jätte-, skit-, svin-, vrål-, bauta-, (usually negative) piss-

   Han är urgammal

   He's super old

   Hon är urfånig

   She's super silly

• Gives connotations of ancient when put before nouns. "Urhammaren" could be translated as "the ancient hammer" without further context.
• Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb as an intensifier.

• urdjur (“Protozoa”)
• urinvånare (“indigenous people”)
• uroxe (“aurochs”)
• urskog (“primeval forest”)
• urusel (“godawful”)

• ur- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ur- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ur- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)