eer

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See also: -eer and e'er

English

Pronunciation

Adverb

eer

  1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

eer (plural eers)

  1. honour

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

eer

  1. ere, before
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz.

Noun

eer n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper
  2. (obsolete) bronze
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eer

  1. inflection of eren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eer

  1. stressed dative of sie.

Inflection

Further reading

Low German

Preposition

eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Pronunciation

Adverb

êer

  1. earlier, previously
  2. formerly
  3. first, beforehand

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Conjunction

êer

  1. ere, before

Descendants

Preposition

êer

  1. before

Descendants

Further reading