# meer
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪə(ɹ)/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
* Homophone: mere

### Etymology 1

See mere.

#### Noun

meer (plural meers)
* A boundary.
* Obsolete form of mere (a lake).

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

meer (comparative meerer, superlative meerest)
* Obsolete form of mere.
** 1720, John Enty, Truth and Liberty consistent:For, is this more contrary to Scripture […] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man […]
** 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “Essay I. A Fair Enquiry and Debate Concerning Space. Sect[ion] XII. Space Nothing Real, but a Meer Abstract Idea.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, page 44:And ſo vve may have an ever-grovving Idea of infinite Number as vvell as infinite Space or Emptineſs, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Exiſtence vvithout us.

### Etymology 3

See mayor.

#### Noun

meer (plural meers)
* Obsolete form of mayor.
* Obsolete form of mair.

### References

* “meer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Emer., -mere, erem-, REME, Mere, erme, mere, reem, Emer

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

#### Noun

meer (plural mere)
* lake
    Synonym: pan

### Etymology 2

From Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

#### Determiner

meer
* more

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Old High German mēro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Compare German mehr, Dutch meer, Saterland Frisian moor, English more, Icelandic meira, Swedish mera, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

### Adverb

meer
* (Uri) more

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mēre, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

#### Noun

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)
* lake
    We gingen zwemmen in het meer. ― We went swimming in the lake.
    Het meer was kalm en helder. ― The lake was calm and clear.
    Er zijn veel vissen in dat meer. ― There are many fish in that lake.
* (obsolete, literary) sea
    Synonym: zee

##### Derived terms

* binnenmeer
* brakwatermeer
* kratermeer
* kunstmeer
* kustmeer
* meerkat
* meerkoet
* meerman
* meermin
* meerpolder
* meertje
* meerval
* strandmeer
* stuwmeer
* Vandermeer
* zoetwatermeer
* zoutmeer
* zoutwatermeer
-in hydronyms and toponyms:
* Abcoudermeer
* Achtermeer
* Alkmaardermeer
* Amstelmeer
* Bankrasmeer
* Bargermeer
* Belmermeer
* Bergermeer
* Berkmeer
* Bevermeer
* Bijlmermeer
* Boeimeer
* Boekelermeer
* Boxmeer
* Bozenmeertje
* Braasemmermeer
* Brielse Meer
* Buikslotermeer
* Canadameer
* Daalmeer
* De Friese Meren
* Dergmeer
* Diepsmeer
* Dilifmeer
* Donkmeer
* Drontermeer
* Eeltjemeer
* Eemmeer
* Egmondermeer
* Emmermeer
* Foxholstermeer
* Goese Meer
* Gooimeer
* Grevelingenmeer
* Haarlemmermeer
* Heegermeer
* Heilooërmeer
* Hoetmansmeer
* Hondshalstermeer
* Hoogezand-Sappemeer
* Hoornse Meer
* Hornmeer
* Idskenhuistermeer
* IJmeer
* IJsselmeer
* Jentjemeer
* Kadoelermeer
* Kennemermeer
* Ketelmeer
* Kinselmeer
* Kleinemeer
* Koetermeer
* Koevordermeer
* Kooimeer
* Kraanmeer
* Lauwersmeer
* Leekstermeer
* Lutkemeer
* Markermeer
* Markiezaatsmeer
* Meer
* Meer en Bos
* Meerburg
* Meerdijk
* Meeren
* Meerkerk
* Meerland
* Meerlo
* Meerlo-Wanssum
* Meers
* Meerssen
* Meerssenhoven
* Meerveld
* Meerveldhoven
* Meerven
* Meerwijck
* Meerwijk
* Meerzicht
* Mheer
* Naardermeer
* Nieuw-Vossemeer
* Nieuwe Meer
* Oldambtmeer
* Ookmeer
* Oud-Vossemeer
* Paterswoldsemeer
* Pikmeer
* Rauwse Meer
* Sappemeer
* Schaalsmeer
* Schagermeer
* Scheemdermeer
* Schildmeer
* Schulensmeer
* Slotermeer
* Sneekermeer
* Speketersmeer
* Spieringmeer
* Starnmeer
* Stommeer
* Termaar
* Tjeukemeer
* Uddelermeer
* Uitgeestermeer
* Veerse Meer
* Veluwemeer
* Victoriameer
* Vlasmeer
* Vollenhovermeer
* Vossemeer
* Vroonermeer
* Watergraafsmeer
* Wijmermeer
* Woudmeer
* Zijdelmeer
* Zoetermeer
* Zuidlaardermeer
* Zwartemeer
* Zwijnsmeer

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: meer

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mêre, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

#### Determiner

meer
* comparative degree of veel; more

##### Derived terms

* des te meer
* meerder
* meergodendom
* meerkamp
* meerkeuzevraag
* meerlagig
* meerlettergrepig
* meertalig
* meervoud
* meerwaarde
* min of meer
* niet meer
* nimmermeer
* temeer

##### Related terms

* meest

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: meer
* Berbice Creole Dutch: mere
* Jersey Dutch: mêr
* Negerhollands: meer
* Skepi Creole Dutch: maer

### Etymology 3

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

#### Adverb

meer
* anymore, any longer
    Ik ben niet meer mee.I cannot follow anymore.

##### Derived terms

* nimmermeer

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeːa/
* Rhymes: -eːa
* Syllabification: me‧er
* Homophone: Meer

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂.
Compare German wir, Pennsylvania German mer, Yiddish מיר (mir), English we.

#### Alternative forms

* mier
* mëyer (Wiesemann spelling)

#### Pronoun

meer
* we

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Middle High German mir (“me”), from Old High German mir (“me”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Old English mē (“me”).

#### Alternative forms

* mier
* mëyer (Wiesemann spelling)

#### Pronoun

meer
* stressed dative of ich

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

meer n (plural meere)
* Wiesemann spelling of Meer

### References

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

## Latin
### Verb

meer
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meō

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *mēri, from Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Compare Middle English mēre and Icelandic landamæri.

#### Noun

mêer ?
* border, boundary
* any marker for a border

##### Descendants

* Dutch: (obsolete) meer

#### References

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

### Etymology 2

From earlier mêe, modified by analogy with the adjective mêre.

#### Adverb

mêer
* Alternative form of mêe

#### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meer (IX)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IX

## Nawdm
### Etymology

Probably cognate with Kabiyé mɔɔʋ, Gur Lama mɩr, Mbelime míɛ́dè, Gourmanchéma míálì.

### Noun

meer d (plural meera ɦa)
* nose
* trunk (of an elephant)
* snout (of a pig)
* muzzle (of an animal, as a cow)

### References

* Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎, SIL International