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herre.

gentleman (an adult male)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɛrə/[ˈhaɐ̯ɐ]

  1. gentleman (an adult male)

    common-gender · formal

  2. mister (a formal address of an adult male)

    common-gender · formal

  3. lord (a male person that rules in an area)

    common-gender · historical

  4. master (the owner of an animal or, historically, a human slave)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Saxon hērro; cognate with German Herr, Old High German hēriro, hērro (which see for more); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), thence “grey-haired” > “old” > "noble, venerable”. Compare Old English hār (whence English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

adv/hɛrə/[ˈhaɐ̯ɐ]

  1. very

    informal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Saxon hērro; cognate with German Herr, Old High German hēriro, hērro (which see for more); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), thence “grey-haired” > “old” > "noble, venerable”. Compare Old English hār (whence English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

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