heur

Dutch

Etymology

A dialectal variation of haar used predominantly in Groningen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦøːr/

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Pronoun

heur f

1. (personal, archaic, dialectal) her. Sometimes (though decreasingly) used in Standard Dutch, especially in poetry and in conjunction with haar (in the sense of hair), for the sake of euphony or comic effect.

   Heur weelderig haar.

   Her luxuriant hair.

See also

• haar

Further reading

• De Nieuwe Taalgids, jaargang 21, 1927
• Onze Taal: Heur haar / haar haar

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French eür~aür, from Latin augurium. Doublet of augure, which was borrowed from Latin. The non-etymological ⟨h⟩ is due to association with heure (“hour, time”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /œʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ
• Homophones: Eure, heure, heures, heurs, heurt, heurts

Noun

heur m (plural heurs)

1. (dated, literary, now rare) chance; fortune
   • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene I:

     Sa joie éclatera dans l’heur de ses enfants

     She will shine with joy in the fortune of her children

Derived terms

• avoir l’heur de
• bonheur
• malheur
• heureux

References

• “heur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• huer, hure