Er

Etymology 1
Mimetic (sound of hesitation)

Pronunciation

 * Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare uh.
 * Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare uh.

Etymology 2
From the interjection

Verb

 * 1)  To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er.
 * He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.

Anagrams

 * 're, RE, Ré, r.e., re

Contraction

 * 1) e  + ur
 * 2) e  + ar

Etymology 1
From (compare Breton erer:, Welsh eryr:, Old Irish irar:) <.

Noun

 * 1) eagle

Noun

 * 1) heir

Adjective

 * 1) every

Adverb

 * 1) there

Related terms

 * daar
 * hier

Pronoun

 * 1)  him, her, it, them.
 * Ik heb ermee gewerkt.
 * I have worked with it.
 * Je kunt er de bergen boven zien.
 * You can see the mountains above it.

Derived terms

 * eraan
 * eraf
 * erbij
 * erin
 * ermee
 * ernaar
 * eronder
 * erop
 * erover
 * eruit
 * ervan
 * ervoor

Anagrams

 * re

Verb
er


 * he, she, it is, 3rd person singular present form of vera (to be)
 * 1) * hann er skipari
 * he is captain
 * 1) * hon er úr Føroyum
 * she is from the Faroe Islands
 * 1) * tað er í ordan
 * it's alright

Etymology
From er:, from. Displaced the northern Old High German forms with h-, i.e. he:, her: (see he:).

Pronunciation

 * or

Pronoun

 * 1)  he.
 * Wo ist Klaus? Wo ist er? &mdash; Where is Klaus? Where is he?
 * 1)  it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
 * Dies ist mein Hund. Er heißt Waldi. &mdash; This is my dog. Its name is Waldi.
 * Dort steht ein Baum. Er ist über 100 Jahre alt. &mdash; There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.

Inflection

 * Nominative: er
 * Accusative: ihn
 * Dative: ihm
 * Genitive: seiner

The genitive case seiner is more and more rarely used in modern German.
 * The genitive case seiner does not express ownership, so one must not mix it up with the possessive pronoun sein, which is declined by gender, singular/plural and case.

Verb

 * 1) First-person singular indicative present form of .
 * Ég er skemmtilegur.
 * I am fun ("I" being a man)
 * Hver er ?
 * Who am I?
 * 1) Third-person singular indicative present form of .
 * Veit einhver hvar minn er?
 * Does anybody know where my dad is?
 * ''Hver er ?
 * Who is he?

Pronoun

 * 1)  which
 * Maður er sá, er Jón heitir.
 * There is a man who is named John.
 * Konan, er var að tala við.
 * The woman to whom he was talking.
 * Þetta er borgin, er kom frá.
 * This is the city from which he originated.
 * Bærinn, er hún ætlar til.
 * The town to which she's heading.
 * 1)  in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the  of a relative pronoun.
 * Það er sú bók, er menn þekkja eigi höfund hennar.
 * There is a book whose author people know not.

Conjunction

 * 1)  of a place, of a time
 * 2) * Judges 2:19
 * En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.
 * But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
 * Þar er ég kom.
 * There whence I came.
 * Þá er þegar myndin var búin.
 * When the movie was finished.

Derived terms

 * þá er þegar

Alternative forms

 * (East Frisian dialects, personal pronoun dative and possessive pronoun of third person singular female)

Etymology
From er:, from, originally a comparative form (= ‘earlier’). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶:, Old Norse ár: (adj.), árla: (adv.) (> Danish and Norwegian årle:), Old High German er: (German eher:), Old Frisian er:, Dutch eer:.

Pronunciation

 * (Mecklenburgic-Western Pomeranian dialects)

Preposition

 * 1) ere, before
 * 2) * Vertell mi dit, er ik ga. (Tell me this, before I go.)
 * 3) * Er ik löpen möt, für ik leiwer mid dissen Bus. (Before I must walk, I'll rather take the bus.)

Pronoun

 * 1)  dative of se and sei (she); her
 * 2) * Segg er dat! (Say that to her.)

Pronoun

 * 1)  of sei and se (she); her.
 * 2) * Er Ogen sünd blag. (Her eyes are blue.)
 * 3)  of sei and se (they); their.
 * 4) * Ik hew er Guld stalen. (I have stolen their gold.)

Number

 * 1) two

Derived terms

 * yibuzuo'erbuxiu
 * di-er
 * yishi'erniao
 * yifenwei'er

Pinyin

 * 1) 儳: obstinate; stupid; uneven; mix
 * 2) 兒: son, child, oneself

Pinyin syllable
er



Etymology
From for:.

Preposition

 * 1) on
 * 2) onto
 * 3) during
 * 4) for

Pronoun

 * on him/it
 * on him/it

Derived terms

 * ersyn

Verb

 * 1) Present tense of

Verb

 * 1) Present tense of

Pronoun
er


 * 1) he

Etymology 1
From, whence also Old English ær:.

Adjective

 * 1) earlier

Etymology 2
From, akin to Old English ar:, Old Norse eir:.

Noun

 * 1) ore

Etymology 3
From, akin to 𐌹𐍃: Latin is:.

Pronoun

 * 1) he

Descendants

 * German:

Noun

 * 1) plural genitive of era

Verb
er


 * 1)  Second-person simple present form of ti be
 * 2)  Plural simple present form of ti be
 * 3)  First-person singular simple present form of an obscure form of ti be
 * A'm er so!

Etymology
Contraction of earlier eder:, from yðr:, from.

Pronoun

 * , yee, you (plural)
 * 1)  your, yours; (speaking to more than one person, about one object)
 * 2)  of ni; compare yourselves
 * Skulle ni vilja lära er jonglera?
 * Would you guys like to learn how to juggle?

Etymology 1
From.

Adjective

 * 1) early

Etymology 2
From er, from.

Noun

 * 1) man

Verb

 * 1) reach (imperative)

Pronoun

 * 1) he