different between meer vs feer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)/
• Homophone: mere

Etymology 1

See mere.

Noun

meer (plural meers)

1. A boundary.
2. Obsolete form of mere (a lake).

Etymology 2

Adjective

meer (comparative meerer, superlative meerest)

1. Obsolete form of mere.
   • 1720, John Enty, Truth and Liberty consistent

     For, is this more contrary to Scripture […] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man […]

   • 1742, Isaac Watts, Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects

     And so we may have an ever-growing Idea of infinite Number as well as infinite Space or Emptiness, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Existence without us.

Anagrams

• -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, erme, mere, reem

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch m?re, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

meer (plural mere)

1. lake

Synonyms

• pan

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, Saterland Frisian moor, English more, Icelandic meira, Swedish mera, Gothic ???????????????????? (maiza).

Adverb

meer

1. (Uri) more

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?r/, [m??r]
• Hyphenation: meer
• Rhymes: -e?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch m?re, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

1. lake
2. (obsolete, literary) sea

   Synonym: zee

Derived terms

• binnenmeer
• Haarlemmermeer
• IJsselmeer
• Ketelmeer
• kunstmeer
• kustmeer
• Markermeer
• meerkat
• meerkoet
• meerman
• meermin
• strandmeer
• stuwmeer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *m?ro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Determiner

meer

1. comparative degree of veel; more.

Derived terms

• meerder
• meertalig
• meervoud

Related terms

• meest

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch m?r. This form stood alongside the older Middle Dutch mêe, from Old Dutch *m?, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb

meer

1. anymore, any longer

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• mëyer, mier (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me??/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wi?, from Proto-Germanic *w?z, *wiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *é?h?.

Compare German wir, Pennsylvania German mer, Yiddish ???? (mir), English we.

Pronoun

meer

1. we

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mir (“me”), from Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English m? (“me”).

Pronoun

meer

1. stressed dative of ich.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Latin

Verb

meer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of me?

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From earlier mêe, modified by analogy with the adjective mêre.

Adverb

mêer

1. Alternative form of mêe

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “meer (IX)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page IX

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fere, from Old English f?re (“able to go, fit for service”). More at fear.

Adjective

feer (comparative more feer, superlative most feer)

1. Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English fere, from Old English ?ef?ra.

Noun

feer (plural feers)

1. Alternative form of fere (“companion, friend, mate”)

Derived terms

• playfeer

Anagrams

• -free, Free, fere, free, reef

Danish

Noun

feer c

1. indefinite plural of fe

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fír. Cognate with Irish fíor.

Adjective

feer

1. true, correct
2. real, authentic, veritable, pure
3. regular
4. sincere, truthful

Adverb

feer

1. very, extremely
2. truly
3. exceptionally

Usage notes

When used to mean "very", it precedes the adjective and lenites it: mie (“good”) > feer vie ("very good")

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feer m

1. indefinite plural of fe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feer f

1. indefinite plural of fe

Swedish

Noun

feer

1. indefinite plural of fe