# Meer
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Zürich) IPA: /meːr/

### Noun

Meer n (plural Meer)
* sea

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːr/, [mɪːr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Meer
* Rhymes: -eːr
* Homophones: meer, Mheer

### Etymology 1

First attested as 't Meer from 1838–1857, from from meer (“lake, pool, marsh”). Doublet of Mheer.

#### Proper noun

Meer n
* A hamlet in Eersel, North Brabant, Netherlands

### Etymology 2

First attested as mederen in 1333. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch mede (“middle, mid-”) and Old Dutch heri (“sandy ridge”).

#### Proper noun

Meer n
* A hamlet in Twenterand, Overijssel, Netherlands

##### Derived terms

* Noord-Meer

### References

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

## German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meːɐ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: Meer
* Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
* Homophone: mehr

### Noun

Meer n (strong, genitive Meeres or Meers, plural Meere)
* sea
    Synonym: See f
* (archaic, except in placenames) lake
    Synonym: See m

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Hyponyms

* Adriatisches Meer
* Ägäisches Meer
* Arabisches Meer
* Asowsches Meer
* Bengalisches Meer
* Beringmeer
* Binnenmeer
* Blumenmeer
* Dächermeer
* Eismeer
* Feuermeer
* Flammenmeer
* Gelbes Meer
* Häusermeer
* Ionisches Meer
* Japanisches Meer
* Karibisches Meer
* Kaspisches Meer
* Ligurisches Meer
* Mittelmeer
* Nebenmeer
* Nordmeer
* Ochotskisches Meer
* Ostchinesisches Meer
* Polarmeer
* Randmeer
* Rotes Meer
* Sandmeer
* Schwarzes Meer
* Sternenmeer
* Südchinesisches Meer
* Totes Meer
* Trümmermeer
* Tyrrhenisches Meer
* Urmeer
* Wattenmeer
* Weißes Meer
* Weltmeer

#### Derived terms

* Meeraal
* meerartig
* Meerbeben
* meerblau
* Meerblick
* Meerenge
* Meeresarm
* Meeresbeben
* Meeresbiologie
* Meeresbläue
* Meeresblick
* Meeresboden
* Meeresbrandung
* Meeresbucht
* Meeresbusen
* Meeresflut
* Meeresforschung
* Meeresfrucht
* Meeresgeologie
* Meereskunde
* Meeresküste
* Meereslebewesen
* Meeresluft
* Meeresniveau
* Meeresoberfläche
* Meeresorganismus
* Meeresrauschen
* Meeressäugetier
* Meeressediment
* Meeresspiegel
* Meeresstraße
* Meerestier
* Meeresungeheuer
* Meeresvogel
* Meereswasser
* meergrün
* Meerjungfrau
* Meerkatze
* Meerrettich
* Meersalz
* Meerschaum
* Meerschwein
* Meerschweinchen
* Meerwasser

### Further reading

* “Meer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “Meer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Meer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Meer” in Duden online

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* meer (Wiesemann spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle High German mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri, possibly from *mer-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeːa/
* Rhymes: -eːa
* Syllabification: Me‧er
* Homophone: meer

### Noun

Meer n (plural Meere)
* sea

#### Derived terms

* Meerschweinche

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Meer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 108, column 2