# Heer
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hērro (“master”), comparative of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“gray; aged, old, distinguished”).
Cognate with German Herr (“Mr.; gentleman; master; Lord”), Dutch heer (“lord, master; gentleman”), English hoar (“greyish-white; antiquity”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“swarthy, dark; gloomy, depressed”).

### Noun

Heer m
* (Uri, Christianity) pastor

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦeːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Heer
* Rhymes: -eːr
* Homophone: heer

### Etymology 1

From heer (“lord”). The archaic form Here is also still in common use among Christians (whereas here is obsolete as a common noun).

#### Proper noun

Heer m
* (Christianity) Lord, God
    Heer, ontferm U over ons. ― Lord, take pity on us.
    Here, zegen deze spijze. ― Lord, bless this meal.

##### Alternative forms

* Here, Heere

##### Derived terms

* Heer der heerscharen
* in de Heer zijn
* Onze Lieve Heer

### Etymology 2

First attested as in heere in 1176. Derived from Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”). Formerly an independent village.
See also Limburgish Hier.

#### Proper noun

Heer n
* A neighbourhood and former municipality of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).
Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”))), Dutch heer (“army”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised. False cognate of Spanish ejército, from Latin exerceo ("I exercise, I oversee").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːr/, [heːɐ̯], [hɛɐ̯]
* Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: her, hehr
* Homophone: Herr (common merger)

### Noun

Heer n (strong, genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)
* (collective, military, in the plural) army (ground forces)
    Synonym: Landstreitkräfte

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* Bundesheer (Austrian)
* Heerbann
* Heeresameise
* Heereszug
* Heerführer
* Heerlager
* Heerschar
* Heerstraße
* verheeren

#### Related terms

* Harnisch
* Herberge
* Herold
* Herzog

### See also

* Armee

### References

* ↑ Heer in DW

### Further reading

* “Heer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Heer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Heer” in Duden online
* “Heer” in OpenThesaurus.de
* Heer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari. Cognates include West Frisian hear and German Heer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheːr/
* Hyphenation: Heer
* Rhymes: -eːr

### Noun

Heer n (plural Here)
* army

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “Heer”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN