eer

See also: -eer and e'er

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːr/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

eer

  1. ere, before
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-Germanic *aiz.

Noun

eer n (uncountable)

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

Etymology 4

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

eer

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

Anagrams

Low German

Preposition

eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːr/

Adverb

êer

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Conjunction

êer

  1. ere, before

Descendants

  • Dutch: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Preposition

êer

  1. before

Descendants

Further reading

  • “eer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eer (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eer (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “eer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “eer (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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