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Ehre.

honour

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈeːʁə/[ˈʔeː.ʁə]

  1. honour

    feminine
    zu seinen Ehren

  2. credit

    feminine

  3. kudos

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ēre, from Old High German ēra (“honour, fame, sense of honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō. Cognate with Old Norse eir (“pardon, gentleness”), Old Saxon ēra (“honour, protection, pardon, gift”), Old English ār (“honour, help, pardon”), and Latin aes-tumare (“to acknowledge, value”).

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