heer

See also: Heer

English

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

  1. A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːr
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch hērro, hēro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with English hoar, Old Norse hárr.

Noun

heer m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

  1. lord; master
  2. gentleman
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.

Alternative forms

Noun

heer n (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

  1. (archaic) army
Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English her, hǣr.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

  1. (anatomy) hair

Descendants

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hæra (“grey hair”).

Noun

heer f (definite hera, dative heern)

  1. matgrass Nardus stricta

Derived terms

  • herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)
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