Wehr

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer and Swedish värn.

Noun

Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren)

  1. (archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard
  2. (informal, regional) Short for Feuerwehr.
Declension
Declension of Wehr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wehr die Wehren
genitive einer der Wehr der Wehren
dative einer der Wehr den Wehren
accusative eine die Wehr die Wehren
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Etymology 2

From northern Middle High German wer, were, borrowed from Middle Low German wēr, wēre, from Old Saxon wer. Derived from Proto-Germanic *warjaną as in etymology 1, and sometimes thought to have been originally the same word. Compare English weir.

Noun

Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre)

  1. weir
  2. barrage
Declension
Declension of Wehr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Wehr die Wehre
genitive eines des Wehres, Wehrs der Wehre
dative einem dem Wehr, Wehre1 den Wehren
accusative ein das Wehr die Wehre

1Now rare, see notes.

References

  1. ^ DWDS

Further reading

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