Heer

From Old High German hērro (“master”), comparative of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray; aged, old, distinguished”). Cognate with German Herr (“Mr.; gentleman; master; Lord”), Dutch heer (“lord, master; gentleman”), English hoar (“greyish-white; antiquity”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“swarthy, dark; gloomy, depressed”).

Heer m

1. (Uri, Christianity) pastor

• “Heer” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 24.

From Old High German heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”). Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised [1].

• IPA^(key): /heːɐ̯/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /hɛʁ/, [hɛɐ̯] (common merger)

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• Homophones: her, hehr
• Homophone: Herr (nonstandard)
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Heer n (genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)

1. army (ground forces)

• Landstreitkräfte

• Armee

• Heer in Duden online

From Old Frisian here, hire, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz. More at here.

Heer n

1. army

From Old Frisian hēra. Compare Dutch heer; German Herr; English hoar.

Heer m

1. lord; master; sir

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