neer

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See also: Neer, NEER, ŋeer, and ne'er

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).

Noun

neer (plural neers)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of neder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neːr/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: neer
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • Homophone: Neer

Adverb

neer

  1. down, downwards
    De appel viel neer van de boom.
    The apple fell down from the tree.
    Ze keek neer naar de straat vanaf haar balkon.
    She looked down at the street from her balcony.
    De vogel vloog neer naar zijn nest.
    The bird flew down to its nest.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: nêr
  • Negerhollands: neer

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From a Germanic language, possibly Middle Low German nēre (“kidney”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”)

Noun

neer (genitive , partitive )

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension

Declension of neer (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative neer neerud
accusative nom.
gen. neeru
genitive neerude
partitive neeru neere
neerusid
illative neeru
neerusse 		neerudesse
neeresse
inessive neerus neerudes
neeres
elative neerust neerudest
neerest
allative neerule neerudele
neerele
adessive neerul neerudel
neerel
ablative neerult neerudelt
neerelt
translative neeruks neerudeks
neereks
terminative neeruni neerudeni
essive neeruna neerudena
abessive neeruta neerudeta
comitative neeruga neerudega

Middle English

Adjective

neer

  1. Alternative form of neere

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Adverb

neer

  1. Alternative form of near
    • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
      Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.
      There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 111
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