Uhr
Central Franconian
Etymology 1
From Old High German ōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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(key): /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)
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːr/, [ʔu(ː)ɐ̯]
- (Germany)
(file) - (Germany)
(file) - (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.
- Wieviel 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
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Uhr | die | Uhren |
genitive | einer | der | Uhr | der | Uhren |
dative | einer | der | Uhr | den | Uhren |
accusative | eine | die | Uhr | die | Uhren |
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
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