Ohr

See also: Öhr

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ôre, from Old High German ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Akin to Dutch oor, English ear, West Frisian ear, Swedish öra, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin auris, Lithuanian ausis, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Russian у́хо (úxo), Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Albanian vesh, Persian هوش (huš)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːr/, [ʔoːɐ̯], [ʔɔɐ̯]
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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Ohr n (mixed, genitive Ohres or Ohrs, plural Ohren, diminutive Öhrchen n)

  1. (anatomy) ear (the auditory organ)
    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.
  2. (anatomy) ear (the external visible part of the organ, the auricle)
  3. (figurative, uncountable) ear (the ability and proclivity to understand and discern finer details of something, especially sound-based)
    Er hat kein Ohr für Musik.
    He has no ear for music.
  4. (architecture) the overhanging part on the frame of a window or door
  5. a highway interchange which is ear-shaped or ribbon-shaped
    Synonym: Schleife f

Declension

Declension of Ohr [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ohr die Ohren
genitive eines des Ohres, Ohrs der Ohren
dative einem dem Ohr, Ohre1 den Ohren
accusative ein das Ohr die Ohren

1Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Ohr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Ohr” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Ohr” in Duden online
  • Ohr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Low German

Alternative forms

  • Oor, Or
  • Uur, Aur
  • Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian
  • our, oor (Dutch Low Saxon)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ôre, from Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːr/, [ˈɔu̯ɾ]

Noun

Ohr n (plural Ohren)

  1. ear

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German ore, from Old High German ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, Dutch oor, English ear.

Noun

Ohr n (plural Ohre)

  1. ear (hearing organ)
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