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Wehr

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German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /veːɐ̯/
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Homophone: wer
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn, but not with English war (see there for more).

Noun

Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren)

(archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard
(informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr

Declension

Declension of *Wehr* [feminine]
	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wehr	die	Wehren
genitive	einer	der	Wehr	der	Wehren
dative	einer	der	Wehr	den	Wehren
accusative	eine	die	Wehr	die	Wehren

Hyponyms

Derived terms

wehrhaft, wehrlos

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”). Cognate with German Low German Wehr, Dutch weer, English weir, Norwegian vær, Icelandic ver.

Noun

Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre)

weir
barrage

Declension

Declension of *Wehr* [neuter, strong]
	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wehr	die	Wehre
genitive	eines	des	Wehres, Wehrs	der	Wehre
dative	einem	dem	Wehr, Wehre¹	den	Wehren
accusative	ein	das	Wehr	die	Wehre

¹Now rare, see notes.

References

Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wehr#wb-2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

“Wehr”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
“Wehr” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Wehr” in Duden online
Wehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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