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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯ɐ
  • Homophone: Heuer

Adverb

heuer

  1. (regional, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) this year

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.

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Verb

heuer

  1. First-person singular present of heuern.
  2. Imperative singular of heuern.

References

  1. heuer in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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