Zähre

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zære (“tears”), plural of zār m, a Central German variant of zaher, from Old High German zahar (“tear”), from Proto-Germanic *tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-. Cognate with English tear, Danish tår, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr). Possibly related to Träne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛːʁə/
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Noun

Zähre f (genitive Zähre, plural Zähren)

(poetic, archaic to obsolete) tear (said of the eyes)

Declension

Declension of Zähre

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zähre	die	Zähren
genitive	einer	der	Zähre	der	Zähren
dative	einer	der	Zähre	den	Zähren
accusative	eine	die	Zähre	die	Zähren

Synonyms

Träne

Further reading

Zähre in Duden online

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