Uhr

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Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German ōra.

Pronunciation

Noun

Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear
    Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.
    Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.
Alternative forms
  • Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ūre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uə̯/ (in some dialects distinguished from etymology 1 by tone)

Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

  1. (Ripuarian) watch; clock
  2. (Ripuarian) o'clock
Alternative forms
  • Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Ohr.

Noun

Uhr n (plural Uhrn)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) ear

Further reading

  • * Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 2
  • Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 10

German

2. eine Uhr
2. eine Uhr

Alternative forms

  • h (SI symbol)

Etymology

From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure. Doublet of Jahr.

Pronunciation

Noun

Uhr f (genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)

  1. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
    Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.
    Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.
    Wieviel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?
  2. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
    Hyponyms: Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr
    Meine Uhr geht nach.
    My watch is running slow.
  3. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
    Wasseruhr ― water meter
    Gasuhr ― gas meter
  4. (informal) clockwise direction
    Synonym: Uhrzeigersinn
    mit der Uhr ― clockwise
    gegen die Uhr ― widdershins, counterclockwise

Declension

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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Serbo-Croatian: ura / ура
  • → Slovene: ura

Further reading

  • “Uhr” in Duden online
  • “Uhr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Noun

Uhr n (plural has not been set)

  1. Alternative spelling of Ur

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Uhr, Dutch uur.

Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre)

  1. clock
  2. o'clock

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