Uhr
Central Franconian
Etymology 1
From Old High German ōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uə̯/
Noun
Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear
- Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.
- Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.
Alternative forms
- Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch ūre.
Alternative forms
- Ouher (Moselle Franconian)
German
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Alternative forms
- h (SI symbol)
Etymology
From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure. Doublet of Jahr.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
- Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.
- Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.
- Wieviel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?
- clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
- Hyponyms: Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr
- Meine Uhr geht nach.
- My watch is running slow.
- (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
- Wasseruhr ― water meter
- Gasuhr ― gas meter
- (informal) clockwise direction
- Synonym: Uhrzeigersinn
- mit der Uhr ― clockwise
- gegen die Uhr ― widdershins, counterclockwise
Declension
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Hyponyms
- Analoguhr
- Antik-Uhr
- Armbanduhr
- Atomuhr
- Automatikuhr
- Bahnhofsuhr
- Benzinuhr
- Blumenuhr
- Countdown-Uhr
- Damenuhr
- Digitaluhr
- Drehpendeluhr
- Eieruhr
- Funkuhr
- Gasuhr
- Herrenuhr
- Kirchturmuhr
- Kontrolluhr, Stechuhr, Stempeluhr
- Kuckucksuhr
- Laufuhr
- Messuhr
- Multifunktionsuhr
- Normaluhr
- Parkuhr
- Pendeluhr, Standuhr
- Quarzuhr
- Rubidiumuhr
- rund um die Uhr
- Sanduhr
- Schachuhr
- Schuluhr
- Sonnenuhr
- Spieluhr
- Sportuhr
- Stoppuhr
- Stromuhr
- Stundenglas
- Stutzuhr
- Tankuhr
- Taschenuhr
- Taucheruhr
- Turmuhr
- Wanduhr
- Wasseruhr
German Low German
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Dutch uur.