Herr
Hunsrik
/hɛr/
noun
Definitions
- Mr., mister, sir
- gentleman
- master, lord, generally denotes that somebody has control over something, either in a generic or in a regal sense
- Lord, God
- Used as a title of respect that is not translated into English or replaced with Sir
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German hēriro.
Origin
Old High German
hēriro
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- senior English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- hehr German
- herrlich German
- signore Italian
- senior French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- *hairaz Proto-Germanic
- senior Polish
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- hēriro Old High German
- hērro Old Dutch
- sennor Old Portuguese
- hērro Old Saxon
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- senior Interlingua