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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German mære (“renowned, well-known, marvelous”),[1][2] from Old High German mārī, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz. Related to Alemannic German Määrli, German Märchen.
Pronunciation
Adjective
määr (Central Switzerland)
- lovely, precious, pleasant
- Used to indicate a preference.
- Synonym: gärn
- Das tuen-i määr. ― I like doing this.
References
Further reading
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ме́ра (méra), from Old East Slavic мѣра (měra), from Proto-Slavic *měra; compare Finnish määrä.
Pronunciation
Noun
määr (genitive määra, partitive määra)
- (metrology) amount, quantity (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement)
- Synonyms: aste, hulk, jagu, kogus, kvantum, mõõt, nivoo, sisaldus, suurus, tase, ulatus
- (taxation) norm, tariff (schedule of rates, fees or prices)
- Synonyms: limiit, norm, piirnorm, taks, tariif, ulatus
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “määr”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “määr”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “määr”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- määr in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)