Meer

See also: meer and -meer

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari. Cognate with German Meer, Dutch meer (“lake”), English mere (“sea, lake”).

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /meːr/

Noun

Meer n (plural Meer)

sea

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with Dutch meer (“lake”), Low German Meer, meer, English mere (“sea, lake”). Via Indo-European is cognate with Latin mare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːɐ̯/
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Homophone: mehr
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Noun

Meer n (genitive Meers or Meeres, plural Meere)

sea
(archaic, except in placenames) lake

Declension

Declension of Meer

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Meer	die	Meere
genitive	eines	des	Meeres, Meers	der	Meere
dative	einem	dem	Meer, Meere¹	den	Meeren
accusative	ein	das	Meer	die	Meere

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

(sea): See f
(lake): See m

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

Meer in Duden online

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