kirre

== Dutch == === Verb === kirre (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kirren == Estonian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkirˑe/, [ˈkirˑe̞] Rhymes: -irˑe Hyphenation: kir‧re === Etymology 1 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== kirre (genitive kirde, partitive kirret) northeast ===== Declension ===== ===== Coordinate terms ===== compass points: [edit] ===== Compounds ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kirre genitive singular of kirs === References === kirre in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “kirre”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German kirre (“docile”), unrounding of kürre, from Old High German *quirri, *querri, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm”). Cognate with Danish kvær, Swedish kvar, Gothic 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 (qairrus). The semantic development from “docile” to “confused” may have occurred in the context of flirting (kirre machen originally “make weak, amenable”, now usually understood as “make unable to think straight”); likely reinforced by the rhyming word irre (“mad”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪʁə/ === Adjective === kirre (strong nominative masculine singular kirrer, comparative kirrer, superlative am kirrsten or am kirresten) (chiefly predicative) not thinking straight, confused, nervous or slightly hysteric (hunting, ornithology) tame, accepting human fodder (otherwise archaic) tame, docile ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kirren