different between neer vs geer

English

Alternative forms

• near, neir

Etymology

From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *n?ora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *neg??rós.

Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek ?????? (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).

Noun

neer (plural neers)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney.

References

• “neer” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Rene, erne, reen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• neder

Etymology

Contraction of neder.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?r
• IPA^(key): [n??r]

Adverb

neer

1. down, downwards

Antonyms

• op

Derived terms

Anagrams

• eren

Estonian

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare German Niere, Dutch nier.

Noun

neer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle English

Adjective

neer

1. Alternative form of neere

English

Noun

geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)

1. Obsolete form of gear.

Anagrams

• Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

1. spear
2. (heraldry) gyron

Synonyms

• (spear): speer, spies, lans

Derived terms

• aalgeer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Noun

gêer m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: geer

Further reading

• “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III