Uhr

German (Berlin)

/uːr/

noun
Definitions
  • (invariable) hours, o'clock indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period
  • clock instrument used to measure or keep track of time
  • (in compounds) meter; gauge a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption
  • watch worn, portable timepiece

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ūre derived from Middle Low German ûre (hour) derived from Middle Dutch ure derived from Old Dutch *ūra derived from Old French houre (hour) derived from Latin hōra (hour, season, time) derived from Ancient Greek ὥρα (season, time, year, hour, whether of the year, any time period, or day, month, period, part of a sacrificial victim, fixed period of time, any limited time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (year, season, do, act vigorously, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yeh₁-

Gloss

year, season, do, act vigorously, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

年

Emoji
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