Leer

== English == === Etymology 1 === From German Leer, from Old Frisian Hleri. ==== Proper noun ==== Leer A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany. === Etymology 2 === From Norwegian Bokmål Lier, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway, from Old Norse Líðir, plural of (h)líð (“slope”). ==== Proper noun ==== Leer A small hamlet in Long Rapids Township, Alpena County, Michigan. === Etymology 3 === From Nuer. ==== Proper noun ==== Leer A town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan. A county of Unity State, South Sudan. == German == === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian Hleri. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /leːɐ̯/ ==== Proper noun ==== Leer n (proper noun, genitive Leers or (optionally with an article) Leer) a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany Meronyms: Bingum, Heisfelde, Hohegaste, Leerort, Loga, Logabirum, Nettelburg, Nüttermoor === Etymology 2 === From Nuer. ==== Proper noun ==== Leer n (proper noun, genitive Leers or (optionally with an article) Leer) Leer (a town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan) Leer (a county of Unity State, South Sudan) == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German lēre, from Old High German lēra, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō. Cognate with German Lehre and English lore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleːa/ Rhymes: -eːa Syllabification: Leer Homophone: (some speakers) läer === Noun === Leer f (plural Leere) teaching lesson === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Leer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch