eher
Sentences
Meaning
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
eher
Graubünden
eher
Fribourg
iender
Fribourg
änder
St. Gallen
eendar
Appenzell Innerrhoden
eher
Zürich
ehner
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
eher
Basel-Landschaft
eenter
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈeːəʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Chiefly from haplology of Middle High German ērer, from Old High German ēriro, from Proto-Germanic *airizô. Compare Dutch eerder. Likely conflated with Middle High German ēr, a rarer byform of ē (whence modern eh, ehe), from Old High German ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, adverbial form of the above. Cognate with Dutch eer, English ere, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis). The final /r/ was regularly lost in Late Old High German (cf. da, hie, wo), but survived regionally (chiefly in Central German).
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