kirre
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Dutch
Verb
kirre
Estonian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Noun
kirre (genitive kirde, partitive kirret)
Declension
| Declension of kirre (ÕS type 6/mõte, rd-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kirre | kirded | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kirde | ||
| genitive | kirrete | ||
| partitive | kirret | kirdeid | |
| illative | kirdesse | kirretesse kirdeisse | |
| inessive | kirdes | kirretes kirdeis | |
| elative | kirdest | kirretest kirdeist | |
| allative | kirdele | kirretele kirdeile | |
| adessive | kirdel | kirretel kirdeil | |
| ablative | kirdelt | kirretelt kirdeilt | |
| translative | kirdeks | kirreteks kirdeiks | |
| terminative | kirdeni | kirreteni | |
| essive | kirdena | kirretena | |
| abessive | kirdeta | kirreteta | |
| comitative | kirdega | kirretega | |
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
| loe | põhi | kirre |
| lääs | 
|
ida |
| edel | lõuna | kagu |
German
Etymology
From Middle High German kirre (“docile”), unrounding of kürre, from Old High German *quirri, *querri, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm”). Cognate with Danish kvær, Swedish kvar, Gothic 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 (qairrus). The semantic development from “docile” to “confused” may have occurred in the context of flirting (kirre machen originally “make weak, amenable”, now usually understood as “make unable to think straight”); likely reinforced by the rhyming word irre (“mad”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
kirre (strong nominative masculine singular kirrer, comparative kirrer, superlative am kirrsten or am kirresten)
- (chiefly predicative) not thinking straight, confused, nervous or slightly hysteric
- Lass dich von dem Finanzberater mit seinem Gesäusel bloß nicht kirre machen!
- Don’t let that financial consultant get to you (make you confused or insecure) with his smooth-talk!
- Du machst mich ja ganz kirre in diesem neuen Kleid...
- You’re getting me all mixed up in this new dress...
- Jetzt seid mal kurz still! Ich werd hier noch kirre.
- Now all of you shut up for once! I’m about to lose my head in here.
- (hunting, ornithology) tame, accepting human fodder
- (otherwise archaic) tame, docile
Declension
Positive forms of kirre
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist kirre | sie ist kirre | es ist kirre | sie sind kirre | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kirrer | kirre | kirres | kirre |
| genitive | kirren | kirrer | kirren | kirrer | |
| dative | kirrem | kirrer | kirrem | kirren | |
| accusative | kirren | kirre | kirres | kirre | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der kirre | die kirre | das kirre | die kirren |
| genitive | des kirren | der kirren | des kirren | der kirren | |
| dative | dem kirren | der kirren | dem kirren | den kirren | |
| accusative | den kirren | die kirre | das kirre | die kirren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein kirrer | eine kirre | ein kirres | (keine) kirren |
| genitive | eines kirren | einer kirren | eines kirren | (keiner) kirren | |
| dative | einem kirren | einer kirren | einem kirren | (keinen) kirren | |
| accusative | einen kirren | eine kirre | ein kirres | (keine) kirren | |
Comparative forms of kirre
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist kirrer | sie ist kirrer | es ist kirrer | sie sind kirrer | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kirrerer | kirrere | kirreres | kirrere |
| genitive | kirreren | kirrerer | kirreren | kirrerer | |
| dative | kirrerem | kirrerer | kirrerem | kirreren | |
| accusative | kirreren | kirrere | kirreres | kirrere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der kirrere | die kirrere | das kirrere | die kirreren |
| genitive | des kirreren | der kirreren | des kirreren | der kirreren | |
| dative | dem kirreren | der kirreren | dem kirreren | den kirreren | |
| accusative | den kirreren | die kirrere | das kirrere | die kirreren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein kirrerer | eine kirrere | ein kirreres | (keine) kirreren |
| genitive | eines kirreren | einer kirreren | eines kirreren | (keiner) kirreren | |
| dative | einem kirreren | einer kirreren | einem kirreren | (keinen) kirreren | |
| accusative | einen kirreren | eine kirrere | ein kirreres | (keine) kirreren | |
Superlative forms of kirre