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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Declension
Derived terms
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References
- Ehre in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
Pennsylvania German
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