Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) teaching, tenet
  2. (feminine) apprenticeship
  3. (feminine) doctrine
  4. (feminine) lesson
  5. (feminine) theory (system of knowledge related to one aspect of a field of study)
  6. (feminine) science
  7. (feminine) jig, gauge (tool)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

leer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stifti

Graubünden

Graubünden

lehr

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleːʁə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German lēre, from Old High German lēra, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną. Akin to Dutch leer, English lore, Swedish lära. Related to German lehren and lernen.

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