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eer

  1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

eer (plural eers)

  1. honour

From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

eer f (uncountable)

  1. honour
  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Negerhollands: eer

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

eer

  1. ere, before (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • Negerhollands: eer

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

eer n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper
  2. (obsolete) bronze

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

eer

  1. inflection of eren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

From Old High German iru, iro.

eer

  1. stressed dative of sie.

eer

  1. Alternative spelling of er

From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

êer

  1. earlier, previously
  2. formerly
  3. first, beforehand

êer

  1. ere, before

êer

  1. before