Heer

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hērro (“master”), comparative of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray; aged, old, distinguished”).

Cognate with German Herr (“Mr.; gentleman; master; Lord”), Dutch heer (“lord, master; gentleman”), English hoar (“greyish-white; antiquity”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“swarthy, dark; gloomy, depressed”).

Noun

Heer m

  1. (Uri, Christianity) pastor

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From heer (“lord”). The archaic form Here is also still in common use among Christians (whereas here is obsolete as a common noun).

Proper noun

Heer m

  1. (Christianity) Lord, God
    Heer, ontferm U over ons. ― Lord, take pity on us.
    Here, zegen deze spijze. ― Lord, bless this meal.
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Etymology 2

First attested as in heere in 1176. Derived from Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”). Formerly an independent village.

See also Limburgish Hier.

Proper noun

Heer n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Heer

Etymology

From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).

Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”))), Dutch heer (“army”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised. False cognate of Spanish ejército, from Latin exerceo ("I exercise, I oversee").

Pronunciation

Noun

Heer n (strong, genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)

  1. (collective, military, in the plural) army (ground forces)
    Synonym: Landstreitkräfte

Declension

Declension of Heer
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Heer die Heere
genitive eines des Heeres, Heers der Heere
dative einem dem Heer, Heere1 den Heeren
accusative ein das Heer die Heere

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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Related terms

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See also

References

  1. ^ Heer in DW

Further reading

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

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari. Cognates include West Frisian hear and German Heer.

Pronunciation

Noun

Heer n (plural Here)

  1. army

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Heer”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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