different between heder vs heer

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????? (khéder, “room”).

Noun

heder (plural heders or hederim or hadarim)

1. An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Anagrams

• heerd

Danish

Noun

heder c

1. indefinite plural of hede

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin f?t?re, present active infinitive of f?te?, probably from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?de?/, [e?ð?e?]

Verb

heder (first-person singular present hiedo, first-person singular preterite hedí, past participle hedido)

1. (intransitive) to stink, to reek

   Synonyms: oler mal, atufar

Conjugation

Related terms

• hedor
• hediondo
• hediondez

Further reading

• “heder” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish h?dher, from Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kayt-, *(s)kayd?-.

Pronunciation

Noun

heder c

1. honour, dignity; what makes a person praiseworthy

Declension

Derived terms

• hedersam

Related terms

• hedra

Anagrams

• herde

English

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

1. A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.

Anagrams

• HREE, Rehe, Rhee, here

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch heer, from Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch h?rro, h?ro, from Old High German h?riro, h?rro, the comparative form of h?r (“noble, venerable”).

Noun

heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)

1. gentleman
2. lord, master
3. (card games) king

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heer (plural here, diminutive heertjie)

1. host, army

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?r/
• Hyphenation: heer
• Rhymes: -e?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêre, from Old Dutch h?rro, h?ro, from Old High German h?riro, h?rro, the comparative form of h?r (“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 English hoar, Old Norse hárr.

Noun

heer m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. A lord; master.
2. A gentleman.
3. A cleric, notably a Catholic priest.

Derived terms

• baanderheer
• beheren
• beschermheer
• bouwheer
• domheer
• geneesheer
• hartenheer
• heerlijk
• heerlijkheid
• kamerheer
• kapittelheer
• klaverheer
• kruisheer
• landsheer
• leenheer
• mijnheer, meneer
• predikheer
• raadsheer
• ruitenheer
• schoppenheer
• tafelheer
• wereldheer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: heer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch here, from Old Dutch heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.

Alternative forms

• heir

Noun

heer n (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. (archaic) An army.

   Synonym: leger

Derived terms

• heerbaan
• heerkracht
• heermacht
• heerschaar
• herberg

Related terms

• hertog

Anagrams

• here

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English h?r.

Noun

heer (plural heers)

1. (anatomy) A hair.

Descendants

• English: hair

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hæra (“grey hair”).

Noun

heer f (definite hera, dative heern)

1. Matgrass (Nardus stricta).

Declension

Derived terms

• herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)