Feminine

Uhr

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

o’clock

time-piece

time hour class period

''at five ''

Zeitmesser

Zeiteisen

Chronometer

stunden

Takt

Taktfrequenz

Taktgeber

Taktsignal

Zeitmessgerät

Osnik

Kabane

Osning

Taktrate

Zeitanzeiger

Periode

''um fünf ''

Perpendikel

Pendel

Frequency

Aargau

gellrettli

Aargau

zibele

Basel-Landschaft

diggdagg

Basel-Landschaft

uur

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/uːr/

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.