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"text": "On a variety of drawings being lately exhibited for a new town hall in one of the German capitals, a certain design of Herren Schmidt and Stauch attracted considerable attention among the art-loving public of the Fatherland, but as it happened to become a subject of jobbery, and was not to be accepted in consequence, would have been hardly accessible to larger circles of connoisseurs, without the invention of the new art.",
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"ref": "2014, Marsha Morton, Max Klinger and Wilhelmine Culture: On the Threshold of German Modernism, Ashgate Publishing, page 98",
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"english": "to be master of the situation",
"text": "Herr der Lage sein",
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"english": "Because the animals are at his beck and call, he is called Lord of the Wolves.",
"text": "Weil die Tiere auf seinen Wink reagieren, nennt man ihn den Herren der Wölfe.",
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{
"english": "Who is the ruler/owner of these lands? The Count of Karabas.",
"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Der gestiefelte Kater",
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"english": "Dr. (Ph.D.) / Professor",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Mr. Chancellor or Sir",
"text": "Herr Bundeskanzler",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Yes, sir! (Because Herr already is a respectful form of address, adding a term like sir is unnecessary) (literally, “Yes, Mr. Colonel.”)",
"text": "Jawohl, Herr Oberst!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Excuse me, sir? You've lost your watch. (standard usage between strangers)",
"text": "Entschuldigung, der Herr? Sie haben Ihre Uhr verloren.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What can I bring you, sirs?",
"text": "Was kann ich Ihnen bringen, meine Herren?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Dear Sir or Madam (address in formal letters and e-mails)",
"text": "Sehr verehrte Damen und Herren",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Mr., mister, sir"
],
"links": [
[
"Mr.",
"Mr."
],
[
"mister",
"mister"
],
[
"sir",
"sir"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Ladies and gentlemen...",
"text": "Meine Damen und Herren...",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"gentleman"
],
"links": [
[
"gentleman",
"gentleman"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with quotations",
"German terms with usage examples",
"Requests for date"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be master of the situation",
"text": "Herr der Lage sein",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Because the animals are at his beck and call, he is called Lord of the Wolves.",
"text": "Weil die Tiere auf seinen Wink reagieren, nennt man ihn den Herren der Wölfe.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Who is the ruler/owner of these lands? The Count of Karabas.",
"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Der gestiefelte Kater",
"text": "Wer ist Herr dieser Landen? Der Graf von Karabas.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the patron",
"text": "Der Schirmherr",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"master, lord (generally denotes that somebody has control over something, either in a generic or in a regal sense)"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with historical senses",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Gans Edle Herren zu Putlitz\nGans (noble) lords of Putlitz",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the lowest title of German nobility"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) the lowest title of German nobility"
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The House of God",
"text": "Das Haus des Herrn",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The Lord",
"text": "Gott der Herr",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lord, God"
],
"links": [
[
"Lord",
"Lord"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"weak"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɛr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɛʁ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɛr]"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɛɐ̯]"
},
{
"homophone": "Heer"
},
{
"homophone": "hehr"
},
{
"homophone": "her (common merger)"
},
{
"audio": "De-Herr.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/De-Herr.ogg/De-Herr.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/De-Herr.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-at-Herr.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/De-at-Herr.ogg/De-at-Herr.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/De-at-Herr.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "Herre"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"used in fraktur"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "Herꝛ"
},
{
"sense": "God",
"word": "HErr"
},
{
"sense": "God",
"word": "HERR"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"de:Herr"
],
"word": "Herr"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hunsrik 1-syllable words",
"Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header",
"Hunsrik lemmas",
"Hunsrik masculine nouns",
"Hunsrik nouns",
"Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German",
"Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German",
"Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German",
"Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hrx",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "herre"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German herre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hrx",
"2": "goh",
"3": "hēriro"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hēriro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hērro"
},
"expansion": "hērro",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hēr",
"3": "",
"4": "noble, venerable"
},
"expansion": "hēr (“noble, venerable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "hehr"
},
"expansion": "German hehr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "senior",
"3": "",
"4": "elder"
},
"expansion": "Latin senior (“elder”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Herre",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hrx",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "Herre",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "Herr m (plural Herre)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"lang_code": "hrx",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Mr., mister, sir"
],
"links": [
[
"Mr.",
"Mr."
],
[
"mister",
"mister"
],
[
"sir",
"sir"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"gentleman"
],
"links": [
[
"gentleman",
"gentleman"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord, generally denotes that somebody has control over something, either in a generic or in a regal sense"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Lord, God"
],
"links": [
[
"Lord",
"Lord"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used as a title of respect that is not translated into English or replaced with Sir"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɛr/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "Portuguese based orthography",
"word": "hër"
}
],
"word": "Herr"
}
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