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ehern.

made of ore, thus of metal, especially iron

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈeː.ərn/[ˈʔeː.ɐn]

  1. made of ore, thus of metal, especially iron

    archaic · poetic
    Trifft uns die Todeskugel, ruft uns das Schicksal ab, Dann wird uns der Panzer ein ehernes Grab.

  2. iron, inflexible

    figuratively · usually
    ein ehernes Gesetz
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ēren, ērīn, from Old High German ērīn, derived from ēr (“ore”), from Proto-Germanic *aiz. Not related with Erz (“ore”), but associated with it.

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