Ehre

See also: ehre

German

Alternative forms
  • Ehr (now poetic or dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German ēre, Old High German ēra (“honour, fame, sense of honour”). Cognate with Old Norse eir (“pardon, gentleness”), Old Saxon ēra (“honour, protection, pardon, gift”), Old English ār (“honour, help, pardon”) Latin aes-tumare (“to acknowledge, value”).[1] From Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːʁə/
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Noun

Ehre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)

  1. honour; honor
  2. credit
  3. kudos

Declension
Declension of Ehre
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ehre die Ehren
genitive einer der Ehre der Ehren
dative einer der Ehre den Ehren
accusative eine die Ehre die Ehren

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Ehre in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading
  • Ehre in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Ehre

  1. plural of Ehr
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