Ehre
See also: ehre
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ēre, from Old High German ēra (“honour, fame, sense of honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.
Cognate with Old Norse eir (“pardon, gentleness”), Old Saxon ēra (“honour, protection, pardon, gift”), Old English ār (“honour, help, pardon”), and Latin aes-tumare (“to acknowledge, value”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈeːʁə/, [ˈʔeː.ʁə]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: Eh‧re
- Homophone: Ähre (some speakers)
Noun
editEhre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)
Declension
editDeclension of Ehre [feminine]
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ehre”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
edit- “Ehre”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Ehre” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ehre” in Duden online
- Ehre on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Ehre” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
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Pennsylvania German
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