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Ohr
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Öhr
German
thumb|225px|Ein menschliches Ohr — A human ear. (1)
lang=de|thumb|225px|Ohr — ear (1, 2)
thumb|225px|Ohr — interchange (4)
Etymology
From de gmh ôre, from de goh ōra, from de gmw-pro *auʀā, from the en Verner alternation voiced Verner alternant of de gem-pro *ausô.
Akin to nl oor, en ear, fy ear, sv öra, all ultimately derived from de ine-pro *h₂ows-.
Further Indo-European cognates: la auris, lt ausis, grc οὖς, ru у́хо, xcl ունկն, sq vesh, fa هوش huš
Pronunciation
de /oːr/ [ʔoːɐ̯] [ʔɔɐ̯]
de De-Ohr.ogg
de De-Ohr2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de oːɐ̯ 1
Noun
n,(e)s,en ^chen
de anatomy ear the auditory organ
de Du musst lauter sprechen, meine Ohren sind nicht mehr so gut. You'll have to speak up, my ears aren't quite as good anymore.
de anatomy ear the external visible part of the organ, the auricle
de figurative uncountable ear the ability and proclivity to understand and discern finer details of something, especially sound-based
de Er hat kein Ohr für Musik. He has no ear for music.
de architecture the overhanging part on the frame of a window or door
a highway interchange which is ear-shaped or ribbon-shaped
de Schleife<g:f>
Declension
n,(e)s,en
Hypernyms
ear de Kopf m, de Körper m
Hyponyms
ear de Trommelfell n, de Ohrmuschel f
Derived terms
de Außenohr Eselsohr Innenohr Mittelohr Ohrenphilologie Schlitzohr Schweineohr Seeohr Ohrenarzt ohrenbetäubend Ohrfeige Ohrenrat Ohrensausen Ohrenschmalz Ohrenschützer Ohrensessel Ohropax Ohrmuschel Ohrring Ohrwurm Ohrstöpsel offenes Ohr ganz Ohr sein übers Ohr hauen die Wände haben Ohren viel um die Ohren haben die Ohren spitzen die Ohren steif halten übers Ohr hauen die Wände haben Ohren viel um die Ohren haben
Related terms
de Öhr
See also
de Gehör
Further reading
de
Anagrams
de hor Rho roh
de Face Hearing
Low German
Alternative forms
nds Oor Or
nds Uur Aur
nds Ur Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian
nds our oor DLS
Etymology
From nds gml ôre, from nds osx ōra, from nds gmw-pro *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of nds gem-pro *ausô, from nds ine-pro *h₂ows-.
Pronunciation
nds /oːr/ [ˈɔu̯ɾ]
Noun
n Ohren
ear
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From pdc gmh ore, from pdc goh ōra, from pdc gmw-pro *auʀā, from the en Verner alternation voiced Verner alternant of pdc gem-pro *ausô, from pdc ine-pro *h₂ows-. Compare de Ohr, nl oor, en ear.
Noun
pdc noun n plural Ohre
ear hearing organ