merrie

Meaning

a mare, female equine (mostly horse)

Concepts

mare

horse

🐴

filly

horses

pommel horse

sawhorse

trestle

yarraman

equid

horsie

equidae

foot ropes

equine

Synonyms

paard

🐴

paardachtigen

Hyphenated as

mer‧rie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛ.ri/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: merrie

Inherited from Old Dutch: *meria

Cognate with Old High German: meriha

Cognate with Western Frisian: merje

Cognate with German: Mähre

Cognate with English: mare

In summary

From Middle Dutch merrie, from Old Dutch *meria (compare Old High German meriha), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Cognate with West Frisian merje, German Mähre, English mare.

Sentences

Een hengst is een mannelijk paard en een merrie is een vrouwelijk paard .

A stallion is a male horse and a mare is a female horse.