Alemannic German

Noun

Meer n ‎(plural Meer)

1. sea

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with Dutch meer ‎(“lake”), Low German Meer, meer, English mere ‎(“sea, lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɐ̯/
• Homophone: mehr
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Noun

Meer n ‎(genitive Meers or Meeres, plural Meere)

1. sea
2. (archaic, except in placenames) lake

Declension

Synonyms

• (sea): See f
• (lake): See m

Derived terms

English

Noun

meer ‎(plural meers)

1. A boundary.
2. Obsolete form of mere (a lake).

Etymology 2

Adjective

meer ‎(comparative meerer, superlative meerest)

1. Obsolete form of mere.
   • John Enty

     For, is this more contrary to Scripture […] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man […]

   • Isaac Watts

     And so we may have an ever-growing Idea of infinite Number as well as infinite Space or Emptiness, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Existence without us.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch meer.

Noun

meer ‎(plural mere)

1. lake

Synonyms

• pan

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːr
• IPA^(key): /meːr/, [mɪːr]

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mere, from Old Dutch *meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Low German Meer, meer, German Meer, West Frisian mar, English mere.

Noun

meer n ‎(plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

1. lake

Derived terms

• stuwmeer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mere, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Cognate with Low German and German mehr, West Frisian mear, English more, Danish mere.

Determiner

meer

1. comparative degree of veel; more.

Derived terms

• meerder
• meertalig
• meervoud

Related terms

• meest

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch meer, from Old Dutch mēr. This form stood alongside the older Middle Dutch mee, from Old Dutch *mē, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb

meer

1. anymore, any longer

Latin

Verb

meer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meō