"er" meaning in German

See er in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /eːr/ [standard], [ʔeːɐ̯] [standard], [ʔɛɐ̯] [standard], /ɐ/ [colloquial] (note: in unstressed position) Audio: De-er.ogg , De-er2.ogg , De-er-1.ogg
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German ër, from Old High German er, from Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, from Proto-Germanic *iz. In northern Middle High German and Old High German there also existed forms with initial h-, namely Middle High German her, Old High German her, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, whence Central Franconian hä and (from the accusative) Luxembourgish hien. Compare English he. The unusual spelling ih- in the forms ihm, ihn is not related to this. It was introduced in early modern German to distinguish these forms from im, in (when *iem, *ien could have been read as *jem, *jen). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|ër}} Middle High German ër, {{inh|de|goh|er}} Old High German er, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*iʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*iz}} Proto-Germanic *iz, {{cog|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{cog|goh|-}} Old High German, {{m+|gmh|her}} Middle High German her, {{m+|goh|her}} Old High German her, {{m+|gem-pro|*hiz}} Proto-Germanic *hiz, {{cog|gmw-cfr|hä}} Central Franconian hä, {{cog|lb|hien}} Luxembourgish hien, {{m+|en|he}} English he, {{m|de|ihm}} ihm, {{m|de|ihn}} ihn, {{m|de|im}} im, {{m|de|in}} in, {{m|de||*iem}} *iem, {{m|de||*ien}} *ien, {{m|de||*jem}} *jem, {{m|de||*jen}} *jen Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} er Inflection templates: {{de-decl-personal pronouns}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ich [first-person, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular], du [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular], -e [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular], er [masculine, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], sie [feminine, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], -se [feminine, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], es [neuter, nominative, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], wir [first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun], ihr [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun], sie [nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], -se [nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], Sie [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, personal, pronoun], Ihr [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, personal, pronoun], meiner [first-person, genitive, personal, pronoun, singular], mein [first-person, genitive, personal, pronoun, singular], deiner [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, personal, pronoun, singular], dein [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, personal, pronoun, singular], seiner [genitive, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], sein [genitive, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], ihrer [feminine, genitive, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], seiner [genitive, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], sein [genitive, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], unser [first-person, genitive, personal, plural, pronoun], euer [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, personal, plural, pronoun], ihrer [genitive, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], Ihrer [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, personal, pronoun], Euer [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, personal, pronoun], mir [dative, first-person, personal, pronoun, singular], dir [dative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun, singular], ihm [dative, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], ihr [dative, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], ihm [dative, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], uns [dative, first-person, personal, plural, pronoun], euch [dative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, plural, pronoun], ihnen [dative, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], Ihnen [dative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun], Euch [dative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun], mich [accusative, first-person, personal, pronoun, singular], dich [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun, singular], ihn [accusative, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], sie [accusative, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], -se [accusative, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], es [accusative, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person], uns [accusative, first-person, personal, plural, pronoun], euch [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, plural, pronoun], sie [accusative, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], -se [accusative, personal, plural, pronoun, third-person], Sie [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun], Euch [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, personal, pronoun]
  1. (personal) he. Tags: personal
    Sense id: en-er-de-pron-yjDWNFWJ Categories (other): German pronouns Disambiguation of German pronouns: 10 37 39 14
  2. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). Tags: personal
    Sense id: en-er-de-pron-aEMld-uI Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German personal pronouns, German pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 46 46 7 Disambiguation of German personal pronouns: 5 42 44 9 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 10 37 39 14
  3. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). Tags: personal
    Sense id: en-er-de-pron-H7M~bg-4 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German personal pronouns, German pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 46 46 7 Disambiguation of German personal pronouns: 5 42 44 9 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 10 37 39 14
  4. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite)) Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, personal Alternative form of: Er (extra: (you (polite)))
    Sense id: en-er-de-pron-V~ucIkHA Categories (other): German pronouns Disambiguation of German pronouns: 10 37 39 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hatter (english: hat er; colloquial)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hat er; colloquial",
      "word": "hatter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ër"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ër",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German er",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*iʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *iʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German her",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German her",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hiz",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "hä"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Franconian hä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "hien"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish hien",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "English he",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ihm"
      },
      "expansion": "ihm",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ihn"
      },
      "expansion": "ihn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "im"
      },
      "expansion": "im",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "in",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*iem"
      },
      "expansion": "*iem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ien"
      },
      "expansion": "*ien",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*jem"
      },
      "expansion": "*jem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*jen"
      },
      "expansion": "*jen",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ër, from Old High German er, from Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, from Proto-Germanic *iz. In northern Middle High German and Old High German there also existed forms with initial h-, namely Middle High German her, Old High German her, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, whence Central Franconian hä and (from the accusative) Luxembourgish hien. Compare English he. The unusual spelling ih- in the forms ihm, ihn is not related to this. It was introduced in early modern German to distinguish these forms from im, in (when *iem, *ien could have been read as *jem, *jen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-decl-personal pronouns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "du",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "er",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "es",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihnen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihnen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "es",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "de-decl-personal pronouns"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 37 39 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where is Klaus? Where is he?",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Wo ist Klaus? Wo ist er?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is my dog. His name is Waldi.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Dies ist mein Hund. Er heißt Waldi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he."
      ],
      "id": "en-er-de-pron-yjDWNFWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "he",
          "he"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) he."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 46 46 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 42 44 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German personal pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Personal pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 37 39 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Dort steht ein Baum. Er ist über hundert Jahre alt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "id": "en-er-de-pron-aEMld-uI",
      "links": [
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ],
        [
          "der",
          "der#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "0 46 46 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 42 44 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German personal pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Personal pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 37 39 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "id": "en-er-de-pron-H7M~bg-4",
      "links": [
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "der",
          "der#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(you (polite))",
          "word": "Er"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 37 39 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then the old woman sprang up, surprised, and said: Dear gentleman, do go home and say your prayers and go to bed.",
          "roman": "Da fuhr die Alte überraſcht auf und ſprach: Lieber Herr, gehe er doch nach Haus und bete er fein und lege er ſich ſchlafen.",
          "text": ", Clemens Brentano, Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl (edited). In: 1835, F. W. Gubitz (editor), Jahrbuch des Nützlichen und Unterhaltenden für 1835, p. 171",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he said: \"Father, I can see that I shall not be able to eat my fill here. If you bring me a strong rod of iron that I cannot break, I shall go away again.\" Then the farmer was glad, and he harnessed his horses to the wagon, drove to the smithy, and fetched a rod so long and thick that his two horses could barely pull it.",
          "ref": "1837, Brothers Grimm, “Der junge Riese”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 2), page 27",
          "text": "Da sprach er „Vater, ich sehe wohl, bei ihm werd ich nicht satt, will er mir einen Stab von Eisen verschaffen, der stark ist, und den ich vor meinen Knien nicht zerbrechen kann, so will ich wieder fort gehen.“ Da war der Bauer froh, und spannte seine zwei Pferde vor den Wagen, fuhr zum Schmied, und holte einen Stab so groß und dick, als ihn die zwei Pferde nur fahren konnten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))"
      ],
      "id": "en-er-de-pron-V~ucIkHA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Er",
          "Er#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "archaic",
        "personal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/eːr/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔeːɐ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛɐ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːɐ̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ehr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ/",
      "note": "in unstressed position",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/De-er.ogg/De-er.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/De-er.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/De-er2.ogg/De-er2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/De-er2.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er-1.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/De-er-1.ogg/De-er-1.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/De-er-1.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German personal pronouns",
    "German pronouns",
    "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-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "hat er; colloquial",
      "word": "hatter"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ër"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ër",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "er"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*iʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *iʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German her",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "her"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German her",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hiz",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "hä"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Franconian hä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "hien"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish hien",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "English he",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ihm"
      },
      "expansion": "ihm",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ihn"
      },
      "expansion": "ihn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "im"
      },
      "expansion": "im",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "in",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*iem"
      },
      "expansion": "*iem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ien"
      },
      "expansion": "*ien",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*jem"
      },
      "expansion": "*jem",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*jen"
      },
      "expansion": "*jen",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ër, from Old High German er, from Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, from Proto-Germanic *iz. In northern Middle High German and Old High German there also existed forms with initial h-, namely Middle High German her, Old High German her, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, whence Central Franconian hä and (from the accusative) Luxembourgish hien. Compare English he. The unusual spelling ih- in the forms ihm, ihn is not related to this. It was introduced in early modern German to distinguish these forms from im, in (when *iem, *ien could have been read as *jem, *jen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-decl-personal pronouns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "ich",
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        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "er",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "es",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihrer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihnen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ihnen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ihn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "es",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "personal",
        "pronoun",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "first-person",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "personal",
        "plural",
        "pronoun",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Euch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "pronoun",
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      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "de-decl-personal pronouns"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where is Klaus? Where is he?",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Wo ist Klaus? Wo ist er?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is my dog. His name is Waldi.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Dies ist mein Hund. Er heißt Waldi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "he."
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      "links": [
        [
          "he",
          "he"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) he."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Dort steht ein Baum. Er ist über hundert Jahre alt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ],
        [
          "der",
          "der#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far.",
          "ref": "(file)",
          "text": "Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "der",
          "der#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der))."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(you (polite))",
          "word": "Er"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German terms with archaic senses",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then the old woman sprang up, surprised, and said: Dear gentleman, do go home and say your prayers and go to bed.",
          "roman": "Da fuhr die Alte überraſcht auf und ſprach: Lieber Herr, gehe er doch nach Haus und bete er fein und lege er ſich ſchlafen.",
          "text": ", Clemens Brentano, Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl (edited). In: 1835, F. W. Gubitz (editor), Jahrbuch des Nützlichen und Unterhaltenden für 1835, p. 171",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he said: \"Father, I can see that I shall not be able to eat my fill here. If you bring me a strong rod of iron that I cannot break, I shall go away again.\" Then the farmer was glad, and he harnessed his horses to the wagon, drove to the smithy, and fetched a rod so long and thick that his two horses could barely pull it.",
          "ref": "1837, Brothers Grimm, “Der junge Riese”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 2), page 27",
          "text": "Da sprach er „Vater, ich sehe wohl, bei ihm werd ich nicht satt, will er mir einen Stab von Eisen verschaffen, der stark ist, und den ich vor meinen Knien nicht zerbrechen kann, so will ich wieder fort gehen.“ Da war der Bauer froh, und spannte seine zwei Pferde vor den Wagen, fuhr zum Schmied, und holte einen Stab so groß und dick, als ihn die zwei Pferde nur fahren konnten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Er",
          "Er#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "archaic",
        "personal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/eːr/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔeːɐ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɛɐ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːɐ̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ehr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐ/",
      "note": "in unstressed position",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/De-er.ogg/De-er.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/De-er.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/De-er2.ogg/De-er2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/De-er2.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-er-1.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/De-er-1.ogg/De-er-1.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/De-er-1.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: '2nd person familiar'",
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  "subsection": "pronoun",
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  "trace": ""
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