Öhr

Meaning

eye (of the needle)

Concepts

eye

👁️

eyelet

foramen

hole

🕳️

orifice

puncture

buttonhole

vent

Synonyms

Nadelöhr

Knopfloch

Öffnung

Schlitzlochung

Translations

chas

👁️

cruna

👁️

ojo

👁️

trou

🕳️

oog

👁️

ματάκι

τρυπίτσα

olho

👁️

τρύπα

οπή

foramen

μάτι

trauc

occhio

👁️

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

eeri

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/øːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: œre

Inherited from Old High German: ōri

In summary

From Middle High German œre, œr, from Old High German ōri, from an underlying Proto-Germanic *auziją (not attested outside High German), derived from *ausô (“ear”).