ur-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"

English

Etymology

From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- (“thoroughly”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ud- (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʊə/, /ɜː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɝ/

Prefix

ur-

  1. Forming words with the sense of ‘proto-, primitive, original’.
    • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute:
      Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.
    • 2007, Max Rodenbeck, ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, vol. 54 no. 11:
      Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.

Derived terms
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Translations

References
  1. “Ur-”, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams

Danish

Prefix

ur-

  1. ur-, proto-

Derived terms
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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːɐ̯/, [ʔuːɐ̯] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʊʁ/, [ʔʊɐ̯] (by a common merger)
  • Audio(file)

Prefix

ur-

  1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original)[1]
    ‎ur- + ‎Schrei (“scream”) → ‎Urschrei (“primal scream”)
    ‎ur- + ‎Wald (“forest”) → ‎Urwald (“primeval forest”)
  2. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives
    ‎ur- + ‎Opa (“grandfather”) → ‎Uropa (“great-grandfather”)
  3. (especially Austria) very; used to intensify adjectives
    ‎ur- + ‎alt (“old”) → ‎uralt (“ancient”)
    ‎ur- + ‎gemütlich (“cosy”) → ‎urgemütlich (“very cosy”)
  4. (in some old inherited nouns) Alternative form of er-

Derived terms
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  • Uralt
  • Urfaust
  • Urkirche
  • Urmonotheismus

References
  1. “ur-” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Gothic

Romanization

ur-

  1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍂-

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.

Prefix

ur-

  1. before, ante-, pro-; over-
  2. (intensifying) very
  3. Alternative form of for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”)

Derived terms
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See also

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ur- n-ur- hur- t-ur-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German ur-

Prefix

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

References
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German ur-

Prefix

ur-

  1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
  2. first, original
  3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

References
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Old High German

Prefix

ur-

  1. thoroughly[1]

Descendants

References
  1. Ur-, in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
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