herre

== Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Saxon hērro; cognate with German Herr, Old High German hēriro, hērro (which see for more); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), thence “grey-haired” > “old” > "noble, venerable”. Compare Old English hār (whence English hoar), Old Norse hárr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛrə/, [ˈhaɐ̯ɐ] === Noun === herre c (singular definite herren, plural indefinite herrer) (formal) gentleman (an adult male) (formal) mister (a formal address of an adult male) in the indefinite and with a name always in the short form hr. (historical) lord (a male person that rules in an area) master (the owner of an animal or, historically, a human slave) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === herre (informal) very ==== Synonyms ==== mega super ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English heorr, heorra, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge; door-hinge”). ==== Alternative forms ==== har, harre, her, horre heorre (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛr(ə)/, /ˈhar(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== herre (plural herris or herren) hinge (device a door pivots on) Synonyms: gemow, henge, hengel (rare) bar (of a door) (rare, figuratively) extreme point; extremity ===== Descendants ===== English: har, harr, harre Scots: harr, herre, har Yola: harr, har ==== References ==== “herre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English hearra and Middle Dutch hēre, both from Old High German hērro, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray”). Doublet of hor (“hoar”). ==== Alternative forms ==== herra, hærre, harre here, heri (Late Middle English) ==== Noun ==== herre (plural herres or herren) lord, chief, master ===== Descendants ===== English: her, here Scots: her, here, heir ==== References ==== “herre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== herre alternative form of her (“hair”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== herre alternative form of here (“army”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Pronoun ==== herre alternative form of hire (“her”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Adverb ==== herre alternative form of her (“here”) === Etymology 7 === ==== Determiner ==== herre alternative form of here (“her”) === Etymology 8 === ==== Alternative forms ==== her, here ==== Adjective ==== herre comparative degree of heigh (“high”) == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German hēriro, hērro (“grey, grey-haired”), the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈheːrːə/, /ˈhɛrːə/ === Noun === hērre or hërre m master, lord ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Herr === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “hêrre”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse herri, herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhêɾe/ === Noun === herre m (definite singular herren, indefinite plural herrer, definite plural herrene) gentleman, man master, lord, ruler ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “herre” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse herra, herri, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²hær.rə/ ==== Noun ==== herre m (definite singular herren, indefinite plural herrar, definite plural herrane) gentleman, man master, lord, ruler ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse hérna. ==== Alternative forms ==== herne ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhær.rə/ ==== Determiner ==== herre this Synonym: denne Coordinate term: derre === References === “herre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hærre, hærra, from Old Norse herri, herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Hēr originally meant "grey-haired, old", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), and Old Norse hárr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²hɛrːɛ/ === Noun === herre c a man, a gentleman, a sir (a respected man) a lord, a master (a man who has authority over something or someone) (often capitalized: Herre) Lord ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== gentleman === References === herre in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker herre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Further reading === herre in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1909) herre on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv