Noun: heer
Gender: Masculine, Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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De heer van dit kasteel is een mecenas van de kunsten. (The lord of this castle is a patron of the arts.)
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De oude heer droeg een bruine hoed. (The old gentleman wore a brown hat.)
Nouns inflected like heer
scheer,
naaldgeweer,
burchtheer,
vuursteengeweer,
aalspeer,
ionosfeer,
honingbeer,
contourveer,
letterkeer,
bannerheer,
conifeer,
strandmeer,
springveer,
kwakkelweer,
drijfveer,
zoutwatermeer,
zedenleer,
scherpschuttersgeweer,
aanvalsgeweer,
leenheer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch hērro, hēro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with English hoar, Old Norse hárr.
Verbs referencing "heer"
German Nouns
Herr, German Nouns
Heer, Finnish Nouns
herra, Icelandic Nouns
herra.
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