err

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (to wander, err, mistake), from Latin errō (wander, stray, err, mistake, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (to be angry, lose one's temper). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (anger, wrath, ire), Old English iersian (to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke), Old English ierre (wandering, gone astray, confused).

Pronunciation

Verb

err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)

  1. (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
    He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
    • 1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:
      Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
  2. (intransitive) To sin.
  3. (archaic) to stray.
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Etymology 2

Interjection

err

  1. Elongated form of er (sound of hesitation).
    Err... what did you just say?

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, Proto-Albanian *ausra (twilight), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (dawn) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).

Another theory links it to Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos, but the phonological development required seems implausible.

Noun

err m

  1. dark, darkness

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Estonian

Noun

err (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Faroese

Noun

err n (genitive singular ers, plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Declension

Declension of err (n9)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative err errið err errini
accusative err errið err errini
dative erri errinum errum errunum
genitive ers ersins erra erranna

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

err

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Declension

Possessive forms of err
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. errem errjeim
2nd person sing. erred errjeid
3rd person sing. errje errjei
1st person plural errünk errjeink
2nd person plural erretek errjeitek
3rd person plural errjük errjeik

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

err n (genitive singular errs, nominative plural err)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Declension

Declension of err (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative err errið err errin
accusative err errið err errin
dative erri errinu errum errunum
genitive errs errsins erra erranna

Võro

Noun

err (genitive , partitive )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

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