Ohr

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See also: Öhr

German

Ein menschliches Ohr — A human ear. (1)
Ohr — ear (1, 2)
Ohr — interchange (4)

Etymology

From Middle High German ôre, from Old High German ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Akin to Dutch oor, English ear, West Frisian ear, Swedish öra, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin auris, Lithuanian ausis, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Russian у́хо (úxo), Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Albanian vesh, Persian هوش (huš)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːr/, ,
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  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Ohr n (mixed, genitive Ohres or Ohrs, plural Ohren, diminutive Öhrchen n)

  1. (anatomy, countable) the ear; the auditory organ
  2. (anatomy, countable) the ear; the external visible part of the organ, the auricle
  3. (architecture) the overhanging part on the frame of a window or door
  4. a highway interchange which is ear-shaped or ribbon-shaped

Declension

Declension of Ohr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ohr die Ohren
genitive eines des Ohres, Ohrs der Ohren
dative einem dem Ohr, Ohre1 den Ohren
accusative ein das Ohr die Ohren

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

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

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ôre, from Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Ohr n (plural Ohren)

  1. ear

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German ore, from Old High German ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, Dutch oor, English ear.

Noun

Ohr n (plural Ohre)

  1. ear (hearing organ)
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