Hure

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See also: hure, hüre, and hůře

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Hure

  1. A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
    • 1987 June 29, “Mural Paintings On Display in Beijing”, in Beijing Review, volume 30, number 26, →ISSN, →OCLC, Culture/Science, page 29, columns 2–3:
      Situated to the east of the Inner Mongolian region, the Jirem League was the birthplace of the Qidan people in the 4th century AD, and was also a central region of the Liao Dynasty during the 10th-12th centuries. The people of the area enjoyed not only a high standard of living but a rich culture as well. The tomb mural paintings from the Qianwulibuge village in Hure Banner, Jirem League, are a typical example.
    • 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire‎, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
      The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora.

Pronunciation

Noun

Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)

  1. (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)

Declension

Declension of Hure
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Hure die Huren
genitive einer der Hure der Huren
dative einer der Hure den Huren
accusative eine die Hure die Huren

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Lower Sorbian: hura

Further reading

  • “Hure” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Hure” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Hure” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Hure

  1. plural of Hur
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