Ehre

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • Ehr, Ehr' (now poetic or dialectal)

Etymology

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From Middle High German ēre, from Old High German ēra (honour, fame, sense of honour), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Cognate with Old Norse eir (pardon, gentleness), Old Saxon ēra (honour, protection, pardon, gift), Old English ār (honour, help, pardon), and Latin aes-tumare (to acknowledge, value).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeːʁə/
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Noun

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Ehre f (genitive Ehre, plural Ehren)

  1. honour
    zu seinen Ehren
    in his honour
  2. credit
  3. kudos

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ehre”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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Hunsrik

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Noun

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Ehre

  1. plural of Eher

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Ehre

  1. plural of Ehr