"Ahr" meaning in German

See Ahr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /aːr/, [ʔaː(ɐ̯)], [ʔaːʁ] Forms: die Ahr [canonical, feminine], der Ahr [definite, genitive]
Etymology: From Old High German Are, *Ara, from Proto-Celtic *Orā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|goh|Are}} Old High German Are, {{der|de|cel-pro|*Orā}} Proto-Celtic *Orā, {{der|de|ine-pro|*h₃er-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die Ahr f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ahr)
  1. a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig Tags: definite, proper-noun, usually Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Rivers in Germany, Rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Derived forms: Ahrbrücke, Ahrmündung, Ahrquelle, Ahrtal, Ahrwein
    Sense id: en-Ahr-de-name-OdbEqAgQ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /aːr/, [ʔaː(ɐ̯)], [ʔaːʁ] Forms: Ahrs [genitive], Ahr [genitive], Ahrs [plural], Ahr [plural]
Etymology: In some cases probably from the noun at hand in Aar (“eagle”), compare names like Arnold. Other possible origins include the river above. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m:f,s:-􂀿with an artice􂁀,s:-}} Ahr m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Ahrs or (with an artice) Ahr, plural Ahrs or Ahr)
  1. a surname of fairly rare usage. Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Ahr-de-name-d~kplsYm Categories (other): German surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "Are"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Are",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*Orā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *Orā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃er-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German Are, *Ara, from Proto-Celtic *Orā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "die Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.article"
      },
      "expansion": "die Ahr f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ahr)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Places in Germany",
          "orig": "de:Places in Germany",
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            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany",
          "orig": "de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany",
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            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Rivers in Germany",
          "orig": "de:Rivers in Germany",
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            "Bodies of water",
            "Names",
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            "Water",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Biology",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences",
            "Chemistry"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
          "orig": "de:Rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
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            "Places",
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            "Names",
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            "Landforms",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Ecology",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Biology",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences",
            "Chemistry"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany",
          "orig": "de:Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places",
            "Bodies of water",
            "Names",
            "Ecosystems",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Ecology",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Biology",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences",
            "Chemistry"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ahrbrücke"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ahrmündung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ahrquelle"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ahrtal"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ahrwein"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ahr-de-name-OdbEqAgQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rhineland-Palatinate",
          "Rhineland-Palatinate#English"
        ],
        [
          "North Rhine-Westphalia",
          "North Rhine-Westphalia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Germany",
          "Germany#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rhine",
          "Rhine"
        ],
        [
          "Sinzig",
          "Sinzig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "proper-noun",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aar"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ar (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "A"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ah (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ahr"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "In some cases probably from the noun at hand in Aar (“eagle”), compare names like Arnold. Other possible origins include the river above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ahrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an artice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahrs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m:f,s:-􂀿with an artice􂁀,s:-"
      },
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname of fairly rare usage."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ahr-de-name-d~kplsYm",
      "links": [
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          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aar"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ar (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "A"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ah (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ahr"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ahrbrücke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ahrmündung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ahrquelle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ahrtal"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ahrwein"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "Are"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Are",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*Orā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *Orā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃er-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German Are, *Ara, from Proto-Celtic *Orā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "die Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.article"
      },
      "expansion": "die Ahr f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ahr)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Places in Germany",
        "de:Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
        "de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany",
        "de:Rivers in Germany",
        "de:Rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
        "de:Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany"
      ],
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        "a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rhineland-Palatinate",
          "Rhineland-Palatinate#English"
        ],
        [
          "North Rhine-Westphalia",
          "North Rhine-Westphalia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Germany",
          "Germany#English"
        ],
        [
          "Rhine",
          "Rhine"
        ],
        [
          "Sinzig",
          "Sinzig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "proper-noun",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aar"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ar (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "A"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ah (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ahr"
}

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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "In some cases probably from the noun at hand in Aar (“eagle”), compare names like Arnold. Other possible origins include the river above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ahrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an artice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahrs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ahr",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname of fairly rare usage."
      ],
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          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aar"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ar (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "A"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Aa"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ah (some speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ahr"
}

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