"Er" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /eːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Er.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|noun|g=m}} Er m
  1. a person or animal of male gender, a male Tags: masculine Synonyms: Männchen
    Sense id: en-Er-de-noun-SNRwGBo~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: er (english: for the pronoun; common spelling)

Pronoun

IPA: /eːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Er.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} Er
  1. (archaic) you (form of address to a male person of lower social standing than the speaker) Tags: archaic Derived forms: erzen
    Sense id: en-Er-de-pron-rFXiv4uz Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German personal pronouns, German pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of German personal pronouns: 27 73 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: er (english: for the pronoun; common spelling)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Er meaning in German (2.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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