"Hure" meaning in German

See Hure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhuːʁə/ Audio: De-at-Hure.ogg , De-Hure.ogg
Rhymes: -uːʁə Etymology: From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|huore}} Middle High German huore, {{inh|de|goh|huora}} Old High German huora, {{der|de|gem-pro|*hōrǭ}} Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, {{der|de|ine-pro|*kéh₂ros|t=dear, loved}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”), {{cog|nl|hoer}} Dutch hoer, {{cog|en|whore}} English whore, {{cog|da|hore}} Danish hore, {{cog|sv|hora}} Swedish hora Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen,^lein|m=er,enbock}} Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Hure [genitive], Huren [plural], Hürchen [diminutive, neuter], Hürlein [diminutive, neuter], Hurer [masculine], Hurenbock [masculine], forms denote clients [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Hure [nominative, singular], Huren [definite, nominative, plural], Hure [genitive, singular], Huren [definite, genitive, plural], Hure [dative, singular], Huren [dative, definite, plural], Hure [accusative, singular], Huren [accusative, definite, plural], H*re [alternative]
  1. (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute) Tags: feminine, mildly, vulgar
    Sense id: en-Hure-de-noun-BYIW6Ze8 Categories (other): Female people, Prostitution Disambiguation of Female people: 62 38 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 56 44 Synonyms: Buhldirne [dated], Dirne [dated], Flittchen, Freudenmädchen [dated], Hure, Hübschlerin [dated], Liebedienerin, Liebesdienerin, Lustdirne [dated], Metze [archaic], Nudelschnecke, Nutte [informal], Prostituierte, Sexarbeiterin
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female) Tags: derogatory, feminine, vulgar
    Sense id: en-Hure-de-noun-Uq39JsZn Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Asphaltschwalbe [feminine], Bordsteinfreundin [feminine], Bordsteinschwalbe [feminine], Strichmädchen [neuter] Derived forms: huren-, Hurenbock [masculine], Hurensohn [masculine], Hurenkind [neuter], Hurenpass [masculine] Related terms: herumhuren, Hurerei, huren

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "word": "Hurenbock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hurensohn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Hurenkind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hurenpass"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "*hōrǭ"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "English whore",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "expansion": "Danish hore",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hora"
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      "expansion": "Swedish hora",
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    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "Huren",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hürchen",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "Hürlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Hurer",
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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Hure",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Hure",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Huren",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Hure",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Huren",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asphaltschwalbe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bordsteinfreundin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bordsteinschwalbe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Strichmädchen"
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hurerei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        },
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        "(mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)"
      ],
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            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Buhldirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Dirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Flittchen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
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        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Hure"
        },
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        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Liebedienerin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Liebesdienerin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Lustdirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "Metze"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Nudelschnecke"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Nutte"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Prostituierte"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Sexarbeiterin"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "mildly",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "19 81",
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "de:Occupations",
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        "whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)"
      ],
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        [
          "slut",
          "slut"
        ],
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          "fornicatrix",
          "fornicatrix"
        ],
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          "fornicator"
        ]
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        "(vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)"
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhuːʁə/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːʁə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hure"
}
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
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    {
      "form": "Hurer",
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      "form": "Hurenbock",
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "form": "Hure",
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "Hure",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Huren",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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  ],
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      "word": "Asphaltschwalbe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bordsteinfreundin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Hurerei"
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        "whore (female prostitute)"
      ],
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        "(mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)"
      ],
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        {
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            "dated"
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          "word": "Buhldirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Dirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Flittchen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Freudenmädchen"
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        {
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          "word": "Hure"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Liebedienerin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Liebesdienerin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Lustdirne"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "Metze"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Nudelschnecke"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Nutte"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Prostituierte"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:Prostituierte",
          "word": "Sexarbeiterin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "mildly",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German derogatory terms",
        "German vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "whore",
          "whore"
        ],
        [
          "slut",
          "slut"
        ],
        [
          "fornicatrix",
          "fornicatrix"
        ],
        [
          "fornicator",
          "fornicator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhuːʁə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Hure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/De-at-Hure.ogg/De-at-Hure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/De-at-Hure.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Hure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/De-Hure.ogg/De-Hure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/De-Hure.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːʁə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hure"
}

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