eer

See also: -eer and e'er

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adverb

eer

1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

Anagrams

• 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Noun

eer (plural eers)

1. honour

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːr/

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• Hyphenation: eer
• Rhymes: -eːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

eer f (uncountable)

1. honour

Derived terms

• eerbied
• eerlijk
• eerloos
• eervol
• eerwraak
• eerzuil
• eredienst
• eredivisie
• eredoctoraat
• eregast
• eren
• ereprijs
• ereschavot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eer
• Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

eer

1. ere, before (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• aleer
• eergisteren
• eertijds
• veeleer

Related terms

• eerder
• eerst

Descendants

• Negerhollands: eer

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

Noun

eer n (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• eren

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eer

1. inflection of eren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• ere, ree

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَكَرْ (ägär), from Persian اگر (agar). Compare Turkish eğer, Azerbaijani əgər.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːr/, /jejer/

Conjunction

eer

1. if

   eer isteersän sevilmää, sev

   If you want to be loved, love

Usage notes

• Usually omitted during colloquial speech.

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 60
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 30

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɐ/

Pronoun

eer

1. stressed dative of sie.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Low German

Preposition

eer

1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːr/

Adverb

êer

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

Alternative forms

• êre

Derived terms

• wilenêer

Conjunction

êer

1. ere, before

Descendants

• Dutch: eer
  • Afrikaans: eer
• Limburgish: ieër

Preposition

êer

1. before

Descendants

• Dutch: eer

Further reading

• “eer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “eer (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “eer (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV