Feminine
Uhr
Sentences
Es muss rund um die Uhr jemand die Produktion überwachen .
Someone has to monitor production around the clock.
Meaning
- (feminine, invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
- (feminine) clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
- (feminine, in-compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
- (feminine, informal) clockwise direction
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
gellrettli
Aargau
zibele
Basel-Landschaft
diggdagg
Basel-Landschaft
uur
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/uːr/
Etymology
In summary
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. Doublet of Jahr.
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