# eer
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɛə/
* (US) IPA: /ɛɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

### Adverb

eer
* (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

### Anagrams

* 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch ere, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

### Noun

eer (plural eers)
* honour

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eer
* Rhymes: -eːr

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch êre, from Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

#### Noun

eer f (uncountable)
* honour

##### Derived terms

* eerbied
* eerlijk
* eerloos
* eervol
* eerwraak
* eerzuil
* eredienst
* eredivisie
* eredoctoraat
* eregast
* eren
* ereprijs
* ereschavot

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: eer
* Negerhollands: eer

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

#### Preposition

eer
* ere, before (Can we add an example for this sense?)

##### Derived terms

* aleer
* eergisteren
* eertijds
* veeleer

##### Related terms

* eerder
* eerst

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: eer

### Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch *ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

#### Noun

eer n (uncountable)
* (obsolete) copper
* (obsolete) bronze

##### Derived terms

* eren

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

eer
* inflection of eren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* ere, ree

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَكَرْ (ägär), from Persian اگر (agar). Compare Turkish eğer, Azerbaijani əgər.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jeːr/, /jejer/

### Conjunction

eer
* if
    eer isteersän sevilmää, sevIf you want to be loved, love

#### Usage notes

* Usually omitted during colloquial speech.

### Further reading

* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 60
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 30

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Old High German iru, iro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːɐ/

### Pronoun

eer
* stressed dative of sie.

#### Inflection

| | nominative | nominative | accusative | accusative | dative | dative |
| | Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. |
| 1st person singular | ich eich | -ich | mich meich | mich meich | meer | mer m'r |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du dau/Dau | -du, -de -Dau, -De | dich deich/Deich | dich deich/Deich | deer | der d'r/D'r |
| 3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
| 3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer ehr | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das et, 't | 's | es et | -et, -'t | ihm | em |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns uhs | uns uhs | uns uhs | uns uhs |
| 2nd person plural | deer Ehr, Dehr | der | eich Auch | eich Auch | eich Auch | eich Auch |
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | denne |

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Low German
### Preposition

eer
* Alternative spelling of er

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːr/

### Adverb

êer
* earlier, previously
* formerly
* first, beforehand

#### Alternative forms

* êre

#### Derived terms

* wilenêer

### Conjunction

êer
* ere, before

#### Descendants

* Dutch: eer
** Afrikaans: eer
* Limburgish: ieër

### Preposition

êer
* before

#### Descendants

* Dutch: eer

### Further reading

* “eer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “eer (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “eer (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “eer (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV