eher
German (Berlin)
/ˈeːəʁ/
adv
Definitions
- rather, quite
- comparatively, somewhat
- earlier
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German ēr (ore, brass, formerly, previously, early).
Origin
Old High German
ēr
Gloss
ore, brass, formerly, previously, early
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
早
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- early English
- ere English
- erelong English
- erenow English
- erer English
- erewhile English
- ereyesterday English
- erst English
- whilere English
- ehern German
- *airiz Proto-Germanic
- *aiz Proto-Germanic
- ær Old English
- ærlice Old English
- ǣr Old English
- ere Middle English
- erist Old High German
- ēr Old High German
- 𐌰𐌹𐍂 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *airi gmw-pro
- êr Middle Low German
- eerig Alemannic German
- ehr Low German