different between heer vs heere

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”)

English

Adverb

heere (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of here

Verb

heere

1. Obsolete spelling of hear

Middle Dutch

Noun

heere

1. Alternative spelling of hêre

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?r.

Noun

heere

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 2

From Old English here.

Noun

heere

1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German hören, Dutch horen, English hear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?r?/

Verb

heere

1. to hear
2. to obey
3. to listen

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian h?ra, from Proto-West Germanic *hau?ijan. Cognates include West Frisian hearre and English hear.

Verb

heere

1. to hear

Conjugation