# Uhr
## Central Franconian
### Etymology 1

From Old High German ōra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uə̯/

#### Noun

Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)
* (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear
    Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.

##### Alternative forms

* Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ūre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uə̯/ (in some dialects distinguished from etymology 1 by tone)

#### Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)
* (Ripuarian) watch; clock
* (Ripuarian) o'clock

##### Alternative forms

* Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

## East Central German
### Etymology

Compare German Ohr.

### Noun

Uhr n (plural Uhrn)
* (Erzgebirgisch) ear

### Further reading

* * Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 2
* Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 10

## German
### Alternative forms

* h (SI symbol)

### Etymology

From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure. Doublet of Jahr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uːr/, [ʔuːɐ̯]
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Berlin):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Homophones: ur-, Ur
* Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

### Noun

Uhr f (genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)
* (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
    Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.
    Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.
    Wie viel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?
* clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
    Hyponyms: Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr
    Meine Uhr geht nach.My watch is running slow.
* (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
    Wasseruhr ― water meter
    Gasuhr ― gas meter
* (informal) clockwise direction
    Synonym: Uhrzeigersinn
    mit der Uhr ― clockwise
    gegen die Uhr ― widdershins, counterclockwise

#### Hyponyms

* Analoguhr
* Antik-Uhr
* Armbanduhr
* Atomuhr
* Automatikuhr
* Bahnhofsuhr
* Benzinuhr
* Blumenuhr
* Countdown-Uhr
* Damenuhr
* Digitaluhr
* Drehpendeluhr
* Eieruhr
* Funkuhr
* Gasuhr
* Herrenuhr
* Kirchturmuhr
* Kontrolluhr, Stechuhr, Stempeluhr
* Kuckucksuhr
* Laufuhr
* Messuhr
* Multifunktionsuhr
* Normaluhr
* Parkuhr
* Pendeluhr, Standuhr
* Quarzuhr
* Rubidiumuhr
* rund um die Uhr
* Sanduhr
* Schachuhr
* Schuluhr
* Sonnenuhr
* Spieluhr
* Sportuhr
* Stoppuhr
* Stromuhr
* Stundenglas
* Stutzuhr
* Tankuhr
* Taschenuhr
* Taucheruhr
* Turmuhr
* Wanduhr
* Wasseruhr
* Zeitschaltuhr

#### Derived terms

* rund um die Uhr
* Uhrenfeder
* Uhrglasnagel
* Uhrmacher
* Uhrwerk
* Uhrzeit

#### Descendants

* → Serbo-Croatian: ura / ура
* → Slovene: ura

### Further reading

* “Uhr” in Duden online
* “Uhr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## German Low German
### Noun

Uhr n (plural has not been set)
* Alternative spelling of Ur

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German Uhr, Dutch uur.

### Noun

Uhr f (plural Uhre)
* clock
* o'clock

#### Derived terms

* Hausuhr