heuer
See also: Heuer
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hiure, Old High German hiuru, Old High German hiu jâru (literally “in this year”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯ɐ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯ɐ
- Homophone: Heuer
Usage notes
- The word is never used in northern and central Germany. It may even—at least by less educated speakers—be misinterpreted as a synonym of heute (“today”). It does however occasionally mean heutigentags (“nowadays”) or heute (“nowadays”), for example:
- 1654, Salomons von Golaw Deutscher Sinn-Getichte Drey Tausend, Breßlaw, p. 210, nr. [8]71 Heutige Welt-Kunst:
- [...]
Wer ſich deſſen wil befleiſſen
Kan Politiſch heuer heiſſen.
- [...]
- 1654, Salomons von Golaw Deutscher Sinn-Getichte Drey Tausend, Breßlaw, p. 210, nr. [8]71 Heutige Welt-Kunst:
Antonyms
References
- heuer in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
Further reading
- “heuer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “heuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- heuer in Duden online
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