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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ur"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).
Proper noun
[edit]Ur
- An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ur
- (geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle High German ûr, which was inherited from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ur m (strong, genitive Ures or Urs, plural Ure)
Further reading
[edit]Auerochse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Ur” in Duden online
- “Ur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
German Low German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Saxon ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ur n (plural Uren)
- Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian form of Or (“ear”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Noun
[edit]Ur n (plural Urs)
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ur f
- (historical) Ur
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